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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 2,996 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 2,996 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,626 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the SR22 began with a departure roll on runway 24 at CYCK Chatham-Kent. The takeoff distance was 2,180 ft, with liftoff speed at 87 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 59 °F, with a wind of 1 kn at 270° resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 1 kn.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southwest of CYCK Chatham-Kent, climbing from 1,136 ft asl to 9,410 ft asl in 7 minutes, covering 14 nm. The level cruise segment started 11 miles southeast of CRM5 Wheatly (Robinson Motorcycles) Airfield and lasted 121 minutes, covering 362 nm.
The enroute descent began 3 miles north of Parrottsville, descending from 9,631 ft asl to 7,657 ft asl in 4 minutes, covering 13 nm. Another level cruise segment followed, starting 7 miles south of Newport and lasting 1 minute, covering 2 nm. This was followed by a brief descent starting 9 miles south of Newport, descending from 7,614 ft asl to 7,422 ft asl in 1 minute, covering 2 nm.
The flight then transitioned to another level cruise segment starting 12 miles south of Newport for 4 minutes, covering 11 nm. This was followed by a short level cruise segment starting 4 miles west of Maggie Valley and lasting 1 minute, covering 4 nm. The final descent of the flight started 5 miles north of Sylva, descending from 7,392 ft asl to 4,237 ft asl in 3 minutes, covering 8 nm.
The landing took place on runway 15 at 24A Jackson County, with a runway length of 2,996 ft. The height at the threshold was 16 ft agl, with a speed at threshold of 85 kn. The touchdown occurred 1,623 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 68 kn and a VSI of -240 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 73 °F, with a wind of 1 kn at 249° resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 0 kn. The total landing distance was 2,799 ft, which was 93% of the runway length.
Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 420 nm, taking 156 minutes, and using 280 lbs of fuel.
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