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LXGB
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Elevation6 ft asl
Weight2,471 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

86.58 %
Algeciras
1 mile north east of Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain
Elevation3 ft asl
Weight2,471 kg
Fuel343 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
15 Oct 2026 0:05 5 nm Airbus H145 21 kg
Departure Score
98.32 %
Enroute Score
99.13 %
Arrival Score
62.30 %

What went well

No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Approach — Fastest descent 2,992 fpm at 0 %, 100 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 0 %, −10.00 points
Arrival Touchdown — Sideways at touchdown 2.3 kt at 69 %, Touched down at 244 fpm at 89 %, −2.57 points
Departure Transition — Nose down by up to 16 ° at 94 %, −0.56 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose only a little and let the speed build; a steep nose-down attitude trades height for speed.

What happened: The nose went down by up to 16° to accelerate, where 15° is enough.

Watch for: Attitude: nose no lower than 15° while accelerating.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Stop all movement over the ground in the hover before lowering the collective, and hold the spot with cyclic all the way down.

What happened: The helicopter was moving sideways at 2.3 kt when it touched down; full marks allow 1 kt.

Watch for: A fixed point on the ground beside you, not moving as you descend.

See Arrival Touchdown

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 5 stages, 5 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Transition 98.32Accelerated away from 6 kt to 45 kt, reaching 306 ft above the spot in 19 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 4 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
94 % Nose down by up to 16 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 162 ft100 ft min to max 306 ft 100 306 ft
Info Average ground speed 29 kt5 kt min to max 45 kt 6 45 kt
Info Average airspeed 23 kt5 kt min to max 43 kt 5 43 kt
Info Average VSI 557 fpm100 fpm min to max 1,232 fpm 262 1,232 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -5.2 °-16.1 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -1.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.5 °0.2 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.6 0.9 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g0.98 g min to max 1.18 g 1.01 1.00 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Gibraltar (, Gibraltar). Climbing from 343 ft asl to 879 ft asl, an increase of 536 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kt44 kt min to max 102 kt 44 90 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.6 ° 2.2 3.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.75 g min to max 1.20 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 374 fpm-239 fpm min to max 1,242 fpm 1,242 123 fpm
Info Average altitude 598 ft asl343 ft asl min to max 879 ft asl 343 879 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -5.7 °-9.7 ° min to max -1.6 ° -1.6 -3.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 98.27Enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of Gibraltar (, Gibraltar) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Altitude held within ±544 ft of 612 ft asl23 ft asl min to max 913 ft asl 881 538 ft asl
100 % Average speed 43 kt2 kt min to max 97 kt 89 25 kt
97 % Average bank angle 4.4 °0.0 ° min to max 41.5 ° 4.1 1.9 °
98 % Average g force 1.01 g0.39 g min to max 2.34 g 1.00 0.94 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -7.5 °-25.8 ° min to max 24.0 ° -3.4 7.1 °
Arrival Approach 40.00The approach began 498 ft above the landing spot at 17 kt and slowed to 11 kt in 10 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 4 °Full marks up to 20 °
0 % Fastest descent 2,992 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
0 % 100 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 8 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 255 ft11 ft min to max 498 ft 498 11 ft
Info Average ground speed 10 kt6 kt min to max 17 kt 17 11 kt
Info Average airspeed 12 kt8 kt min to max 23 kt 23 8 kt
Info Average VSI -2,575 fpm-2,992 fpm min to max -1,566 fpm -1,566 -2,837 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-2.2 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.1 -2.1 °
Info Average bank angle 3.2 °1.6 ° min to max 4.1 ° 3.3 2.1 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.87 g min to max 1.63 g 0.94 1.63 g
0200400600050100150200Steepest, 2,992 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 84.60Touched down at 244 fpm with 3 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
89 % Touched down at 244 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
69 % Sideways at touchdown 2.3 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 3.1 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 8 ft 2 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 5 kt3 kt min to max 7 kt 7 3 kt
Info Average VSI -623 fpm-1,208 fpm min to max -244 fpm -1,208 -417 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-5.6 ° min to max 7.6 ° 7.6 -5.6 °
Info Average bank angle 3.3 °0.6 ° min to max 7.7 ° 1.6 7.7 °
Info Average g force 1.32 g0.48 g min to max 1.75 g 1.75 1.73 g
0200400600800-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 2,240 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 244 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 3.1 kt, 2.3 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
94.40Nose down16°

Approach

0.00Steepest descent2,992 fpm
0.00Slow and sinking100 %
100.00Bank4°
100.00Nose up8°

Touchdown

88.90Rate at contact244 fpm
68.70Sideways drift2.3 kt
100.00Forward speed3.1 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach40.00

0200400600050100150200Steepest, 2,992 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Touchdown84.60

0200400600800-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 2,240 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 244 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 3.1 kt, 2.3 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 accelerated from 6 kt to 45 kt, attaining an altitude of 306 ft above the spot after 19 seconds of take-off roll.

The en-route climb commenced overhead Gibraltar, rising from 343 ft asl to 879 ft asl - an increase of 536 ft - in 1 minutes while covering 2 nm.

Level cruise began 1 mile west of Gibraltar, persisting for 6 minutes and encompassing a distance of 3 nm.

During the approach the aircraft was 498 ft above the landing spot at 17 kt, decelerating to 11 kt in 10 seconds and covering less than 1 nm.

Touchdown occurred with a vertical speed of 244 fpm and a ground speed of 3 kt.

Total flight distance was 5nm taking 5 and used 21 kg of fuel.

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