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EDFB
Reichelsheim, Germany
Runway 18
Elevation397 ft asl
Weight3,029 kg
Fuel241 kg
Wind181° · 7 kn

Flight Score

87.98 %
EDFB
Reichelsheim, Germany
Runway 18
Elevation397 ft asl
Weight3,010 kg
Fuel258 kg
Wind182° · 7 kn
1 Dec 2024 0:08 16 nm Spitfire Mk IX
Departure Score
81.86 %
Pattern Score
87.26 %
Arrival Score
94.83 %

What went well

Touched down at -63 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 122 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.14 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Roll — strobe lights; Runway alignment max 47.67 m at 0 %, Landing Lights at 0 %, −3.35 points
Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation 4.2 ° at 62 %, bank angle up to 9.3 ° at 81 %, −1.59 points
Pattern Base Leg — at 0 %, Heading 15.9 ° at 27 %, −1.56 points

Next time

Maintain the centreline

See Departure Roll

A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 18 stages, 16 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 Runway Entry Entering runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield, Average speed was 5 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 1 kn0 kn min to max 7 kn 0 7 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °0.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 0.0 11.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.96 g

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 9 kt
Departure Roll 69.87Departure roll runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield. Takeoff distance 600 m 49 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 89 kn. Local weather - Temperature 1 °C. Wind 8 kn at 181 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 8 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 600 m49 % of runway
99 % Liftoff speed was 89 knTarget 80 kn
0 % Runway alignment max 47.67 m0.00 m left to 47.67 m right -2.82 -47.67 m
100 % Average g force 0.96 g0.90 g min to max 1.01 g 0.96 1.01 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °7.0 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.8 7.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 13.0 ° 0.4 5.7 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights
Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 85.71Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 18 EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
62 % Heading variation 4.2 °3.8 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.8 3.8 °
100 % Average speed 102 kn89 kn min to max 112 kn 89 112 kn
81 % Average bank angle 5.9 °3.1 ° min to max 9.3 ° 6.0 3.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.89 g min to max 1.07 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 372 ft/m253 ft/m min to max 466 ft/m 253 317 ft/m
Info Average altitude 24 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 1 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 8.1 °6.7 ° min to max 10.0 ° 7.6 6.9 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 18 EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 120 kn112 kn min to max 139 kn 112 139 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.4 °0.2 ° min to max 4.4 ° 3.4 4.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.89 g min to max 1.10 g 1.00 1.05 g
Info Average VSI 591 ft/m317 ft/m min to max 1,786 ft/m 317 1,786 ft/m
Info Average altitude 98 ft agl50 ft agl min to max 418 ft agl 50 418 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.6 °6.8 ° min to max 11.0 ° 6.9 11.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 97 ft agl · 121 kt
Pattern Entry 100.00Left hand pattern entry from runway 18 EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield. Distance was less than 1 nm in 45 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 172 kn137 kn min to max 186 kn 137 186 kn
100 % Average bank angle 13.6 °0.0 ° min to max 31.0 ° 5.4 21.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.74 g min to max 1.35 g 0.97 1.08 g
Info Average VSI 500 ft/m-210 ft/m min to max 1,884 ft/m 1,884 669 ft/m
Info Average altitude 598 ft agl453 ft agl min to max 819 ft agl 453 819 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °1.1 ° min to max 10.9 ° 10.9 3.4 °
Pattern Crosswind 99.03Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 18 EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield. Distance was 2 nm in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading 1.6 °-19.3 ° min to max 14.5 ° 14.5 -19.3 °
100 % Average speed 195 kn187 kn min to max 205 kn 187 205 kn
90 % Average g force 1.04 g0.89 g min to max 1.42 g 1.04 1.14 g
Info Average VSI 313 ft/m-389 ft/m min to max 852 ft/m 703 -389 ft/m
Info Average altitude 963 ft agl831 ft agl min to max 1,036 ft agl 831 1,005 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 12.5 °0.2 ° min to max 27.2 ° 20.7 26.9 °
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-0.5 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.3 -0.2 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 87.78Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 4 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 60.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
59 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 60.2 °.
100 % Average speed 207 kn206 kn min to max 209 kn 206 209 kn
100 % Average bank angle 27.6 °10.6 ° min to max 30.5 ° 27.1 10.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.13 g0.84 g min to max 1.27 g 1.21 1.13 g
Info Average VSI 166 ft/m-370 ft/m min to max 600 ft/m -328 -370 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,050 ft agl999 ft agl min to max 1,096 ft agl 1,000 1,079 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.1 °-0.9 ° min to max 2.7 ° 0.3 -0.2 °
Pattern Downwind 88.91Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 3 nm in 78 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading -1.3 °-15.4 ° min to max 3.1 ° 2.4 -15.4 °
63 % Average altitude 783 ft agl473 ft agl min to max 1,134 ft agl 1,077 501 ft agl
100 % Average speed 150 kn124 kn min to max 209 kn 209 128 kn
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.79 g min to max 1.28 g 1.28 1.04 g
Info Average VSI -448 ft/m-1,099 ft/m min to max 526 ft/m -165 250 ft/m
Info Average bank angle 2.7 °0.0 ° min to max 16.0 ° 3.6 16.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 0.8 °-2.5 ° min to max 5.0 ° 1.3 5.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Down 687 ft agl · 147 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 100.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 4 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 47.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 47.2 °.
100 % Average speed 143 kn127 kn min to max 154 kn 130 148 kn
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.2 ° min to max 19.7 ° 17.8 6.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.90 g min to max 1.21 g 1.12 0.94 g
Info Average VSI 196 ft/m-618 ft/m min to max 909 ft/m 303 258 ft/m
Info Average altitude 621 ft agl507 ft agl min to max 708 ft agl 507 708 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 5.6 3.0 °
Pattern Base Leg 67.24Pattern Base Leg. Distance was 1 nm in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
27 % Heading 15.9 °-7.2 ° min to max 20.8 ° 20.8 -7.2 °
100 % Average speed 151 kn148 kn min to max 153 kn 148 150 kn
99.7 % Average g force 1.04 g0.90 g min to max 1.51 g 0.90 1.03 g
Info Average altitude 704 ft agl687 ft agl min to max 726 ft agl 708 726 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 8.5 °0.3 ° min to max 38.6 ° 4.3 38.6 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.8 ° min to max 6.4 ° 2.4 4.6 °
Pattern Final Turn 67.88Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 25 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 154 kn145 kn min to max 165 kn 149 165 kn
29 % Average bank angle 18.6 °1.9 ° min to max 44.8 ° 40.0 2.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.08 g0.91 g min to max 1.36 g 1.32 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -489 ft/m-1,261 ft/m min to max 583 ft/m 547 -843 ft/m
Info Average altitude 679 ft agl504 ft agl min to max 786 ft agl 734 504 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-2.8 ° min to max 5.6 ° 5.4 -1.2 °
Arrival Final 3 97.69Approaching runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 491 ft agl to 375 ft agl. A decrease of 116 ft in 15 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.7 °1.7 ° min to max 1.8 °Target 3.0 ° 1.8 1.7 °
100 % Average speed 155 kn145 kn min to max 164 kn 164 145 kn
100 % Heading variation -1.1 °-1.2 ° min to max -0.9 ° -0.9 -1.1 °
88 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.9 ° min to max 7.3 ° 1.3 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.95 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -501 ft/m-783 ft/m min to max -302 ft/m -783 -302 ft/m
Info Average altitude 424 ft agl375 ft agl min to max 491 ft agl 491 375 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-1.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° -0.8 1.1 °
Arrival Final 2 97.69Approaching runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 491 ft agl to 178 ft agl. A decrease of 313 ft in 45 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.8 °1.6 ° min to max 1.9 °Target 3.0 ° 1.8 1.6 °
100 % Average speed 138 kn120 kn min to max 164 kn 164 120 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.5 °-1.2 ° min to max 0.6 ° -0.9 0.5 °
88 % Average bank angle 2.3 °0.0 ° min to max 7.3 ° 1.3 2.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.08 g 1.05 1.03 g
Info Average VSI -424 ft/m-783 ft/m min to max -126 ft/m -783 -506 ft/m
Info Average altitude 336 ft agl178 ft agl min to max 491 ft agl 491 178 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.2 °-1.0 ° min to max 2.4 ° -0.8 1.8 °
11.251.51.752100150200250300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-100-75-50-250255075100Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Final 1 98.63Approaching runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 168 ft agl to 11 ft agl. A decrease of 157 ft in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.3 °0.6 ° min to max 1.8 °Target 3.0 ° 1.6 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 102 kn87 kn min to max 120 kn 120 87 kn
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 -0.0 °
93 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.0 ° min to max 5.6 ° 3.0 2.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.78 g min to max 1.14 g 0.92 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -372 ft/m-725 ft/m min to max 117 ft/m -581 -234 ft/m
Info Average altitude 54 ft agl11 ft agl min to max 168 ft agl 168 11 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °0.1 ° min to max 6.1 ° 0.7 5.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 96 ft agl · 110 kt
Info Battery Master On 398 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 398 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 398 ft agl
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-40-30-20-10010203040Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 95.99Landing on runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield, runway length 1,230 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 87 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
88 % Threshold speed was well above target at 87 kn. Target 75 kn
97 % Landing and flare profile
100 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max -0.0 ° -0.0 -0.2 °
96 % Average bank angle 2.9 °1.9 ° min to max 3.4 ° 2.9 1.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.93 g min to max 1.13 g 1.02 0.93 g
Info Average speed 83 kn79 kn min to max 87 kn 87 79 kn
Info Average VSI -112 ft/m-233 ft/m min to max -35 ft/m -233 -58 ft/m
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 5 ft agl 5 2 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.1 °5.0 ° min to max 7.2 ° 5.1 5.0 °
07515001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150-15-12-9-6-303691215Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 91.60Touchdown distance was good at 121 m. Touchdown speed at 79 knwas fast. Touchdown rate was excellent at -58 ft/m. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 7.6 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 1 °C. Wind 7 kn at 181 °. Crosswind: 0 kn Headwind: 7 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown VSI was -58 ft/m.
100 % Touchdown distance was 121 mTarget 457 m
85 % Speed at touchdown 79 knTarget 69 kn
83 % Runway alignment max 7.62 m6.14 m right -4.66 -7.62 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.9 ° 1.9 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.92 g min to max 1.14 g 0.93 1.00 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 77 kn76 kn min to max 79 kn 79 76 kn
Info Average pitch angle 5.6 °4.4 ° min to max 7.0 ° 5.0 5.4 °
Arrival Rollout 87.41Total landing distance 661 m, 54 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.7 m from centreline.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 661 m54 % of runway.
72 % Runway alignment max 10.72 m0.00 m left to 10.72 m right -7.74 -5.30 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average speed 59 kn36 kn min to max 66 kn 66 36 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °5.3 ° min to max 11.5 ° 5.4 11.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.3 0.1 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 5 ft agl · 68 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 30 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 21 kn0 kn min to max 34 kn 34 0 kn
Info Average pitch angle 11.7 °11.6 ° min to max 11.8 ° 11.6 11.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.05 g 1.00 1.01 g

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 89 kt with 7.5° of pitch.

How to read this

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.

150 kt10050020°10°0°LIFTOFF7.5° off8° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 18 kt 11.8° 0 s
Liftoff570 m 89 kt 7.5° 27.0 s
35 ft871 m · 6.6 s after liftoff 107 kt 8.2° 33.6 s
End of the climb2,238 m · 418 ft 139 kt 11.0° 57.3 s

Takeoff from EDFB 18

Takeoff roll100.00
600m49 %
Liftoff speed99.35
89kt
Runway alignment0.00
47.67m R
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb85.71
371fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 418 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 305 m of runway left; then climbing at 830 fpm on average to 418 ft.

How to read this

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.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY END304050607080KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 89 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 1,230 m runway.

Rolled from 54 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 42 m at the widest, and lifted off 42 m right. Airborne 50 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

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.

5001,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 41.73 m RROLL 54 M INAirborne 623 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 623 m of 1,230 m · 51 %
Behind the start of the roll, 54 mTakeoff roll, 570 m Left ahead, 606 m

The circuit to EDFB 18

Left-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 1.4 nm out at 143 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234crosswinddownwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft31°131°220°345°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
666 ft
Bank
31°
Speed
183 kt

Good: full marks on the turn and the leg after it.

2Onto downwind
Bank
31°
Height
783 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
150 kt
Out
3.5 nm 1.4 suits 143 kt

Turn onto downwind: scored 59.

The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
47° target 45°
Bank
20°
Height
501 ft

Off heading: 16° from the leg's heading on average.

Bank angle in the pattern is conventionally kept to 20 to 30 degrees, and the base-to-final turn is where that convention earns its keep. Stall speed rises with bank because the wing must produce more lift in a turn. Roughly 7 per cent higher at 30 degrees, about 19 per cent at 45, and around 40 per cent at 60. At 65 kt on base you don't have much margin to spend steepening a turn to salvage an overshoot.

Read more in Pattern Work
4Final turn
Bank
45°
Overshoot
92 m
Speed
154 kt

Overshot: went 92 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry100Crosswind99Turn onto downwind88Downwind89Base turn100Base67Final turn68

The approach to EDFB 18

The final from 4 nm.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

Inside the glideslope band from 3.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 360 ft below the slope.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND683385323211101
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 321 m left of the centreline at 3.4 nm, then inside it from 3.1 to 2.4 nm, then drifted 92 m right between 2.4 and 1.6 nm, then inside the band from 1.6 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND46 m L86 m R39 m R22 m L6 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EDFB 18

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
4ft
Threshold speed88.35
87kt
Centreline offset100.00
0.07m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
122m
Centreline83.32
7.62m R
Speed85.50
78kt
Touchdown rate100.00
-63fpm
Impact100.00
1.14G
Bounces80.00
1
The crosswind

No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.

Wind 182° at 7 kt · 7 kt head · 0 kt across

How to read this

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.

The stop

From 70 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 24 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

02040608060 kt · 160 m30 kt · 592 mtouchdown616 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,230 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 4 ft, 46 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 122 m in, 183 m short of the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

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 1,230 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.

4 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −57 fpm · 5° nose up · 79 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 4 ft, down at 122 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 250 fpm at 4 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.

How to read this

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.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°5°10°touchdown−57 fpm at touchdown5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,230 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7.6 m right of the centreline and drifted to 11 m right on the rollout, back to 2.5 m right by the end.

How to read this

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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 122 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 122 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.14 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 607 m of 1,230 m · 49 %
In the air over the runway, 122 mRollout, 485 m Left over, 622 m
Rollout distance100.00
485m49 % used
Rollout alignment72.02
10.72m R

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The flight in the Spitfire Mk IX from EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield was conducted smoothly, with a departure roll on runway 18. The takeoff distance was 600m or 49% of the runway, with a liftoff speed of 89 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were 1°C temperature with a wind speed of 8 knots coming from 181°, resulting in a headwind of 8 knots.

The flight followed a left hand pattern entry from runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 45 seconds. The subsequent left hand pattern crosswind leg from runway 18 covered a distance of 2 nm in 34 seconds. The pattern continued with a downwind turn covering 4 nm with an angle to the runway of 45 degrees (60.2°) and a downwind leg covering 3 nm in 78 seconds. The base leg turn covered a distance of 4 nm with an angle to the runway of 45 degrees (47.2°), followed by a base leg covering 1 nm in 29 seconds. The final turn covered less than 1 nm in 25 seconds, leading to the final approach to runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield from the north at a heading of 178.0°, 2 nm out, and 491 ft above ground level.

The landing on runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield was successful, with a runway length of 1,230m. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was above target at 87 knots. The touchdown distance was 121m, with a touchdown speed of 79 knots, albeit on the faster side. The touchdown rate was excellent at -58 ft/m, but the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.6m from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 1°C temperature with a wind speed of 7 knots from 181°, resulting in a headwind of 7 knots.

The total landing distance was 661m, accounting for 54% of the runway, with a slightly misaligned runway rollout alignment of 10.7m from the centerline. The total flight distance covered was 16nm, taking 8 minutes and using 17 kg of fuel. Overall, the flight in the Spitfire Mk IX was executed effectively, with successful takeoff, pattern maneuvers, and landing.

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