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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 4.7°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 96 kt with 1.5° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 333 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 618 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,190 fpm on average to 333 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.
Plan view the roll down the 1,732 m runway.
Rolled from 483 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 1.8 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.9 m left. Airborne 56 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Excellent landing flare
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 159° at 8 kt · 8 kt head · 1 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 49 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 179 m in, 125 m short of the ideal 305 m.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 1,510 fpm at 47 ft to 380 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.3° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3.6 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.1 m right at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 179 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.60 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a P-750 XSTOL, then departed from runway 29 at CYQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport. The takeoff distance was 500 meters, which is 29% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 96 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 76°. The crosswind component was 2 knots, while the tailwind component was 6 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb overhead CYQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec, Canada, and climbed from an altitude of 603 feet above sea level to 14,821 feet above sea level, an increase of 14,218 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 11 miles north of CSH5 Saint-Ferdinand Airport, Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec, Canada, and lasted for 171 minutes, covering a distance of 117 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 3 miles north of Norridgewock, Maine, United States, and descended from 14,980 feet above sea level to 1,031 feet above sea level, a decrease of 13,950 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nautical miles.
The final approach to landing was made 3 miles north of Athens, Maine, United States, from an altitude of 134 feet above ground level to 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its descent from 49 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level, a decrease of 49 feet in 5 seconds. The touchdown speed was 55 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was also good at -172 feet per minute. The touchdown distance was 179 meters, which was also considered good.
The landing rollout took place 3 miles north of Athens, Maine, United States, at an altitude of 892 feet above sea level, and covered a distance of 40 meters. The total flight distance was 161 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 199 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 478 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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