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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Rotated at 68 kt, on the 70 kt target, and lifted off at 71 kt 0.3 s later with 0.7° of pitch. Climb 3 averaged 80 kt, 9 kt under its 89 kt target.
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 dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 415 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 790 m of runway left; then climbing at 590 fpm on average to 415 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 1,562 m runway.
Rolled from 59 m in, drifted 2.2 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 29 % 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Perfect landing flare
8 kt across from the left, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 64 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 130° at 15 kt · 12 kt head · 8 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.
From 54 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 9 s, an average deceleration of 0.14 g.
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.
Side view — the last 1,170 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 51 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 16 ft. Touched down 473 m in, 168 m past 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 1,170 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 360 fpm at the flare to 30 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.5° 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 1,170 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1.7 m right of the centreline and drifted to 10 m left on the rollout.
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 473 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Diamond DA40 taxied from the parking area to runway 20 at 67L Mesquite, a taxi of 14 minutes covering 2 nm.
Takeoff was made on runway 20. The aircraft used 494 m of runway, which was 32 % of the available length, and rotated at 68 kt. Local weather at departure was temperature 17 °C, wind 3 kt from 046°, with a 1 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt tail-wind component.
The initial climb to 1 000 ft agl took 38 seconds, averaging 362 fpm and reaching 82 kt at the top of the climb. The subsequent climb from 2 475 ft asl to 4 028 ft asl was completed in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm, beginning overhead Mesquite.
Cruise was level at 4 000 ft asl for 33 minutes, covering 65 nm and beginning overhead Bunkerville. Descent from 4 001 ft asl to 2 356 ft asl took 3 minutes over 5 nm, starting 1 mile south-east of KBVU Boulder City Municipal Airport.
Landing was on runway 15 at KBVU Boulder City Municipal. The runway length is 1 170 m. The threshold height was good and the threshold speed was good at 73 kt. The flare was described as excellent; the aircraft touched down flat with the nosewheel first. Touchdown occurred at 64 kt, a good speed, and the touchdown distance was good at 472 m. The touchdown rate was perfect at minus 32 fpm and runway-touchdown alignment was very good. No bounce occurred. Total landing distance was 685 m, 59 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The flight covered a total of 78 nm in 48 minutes and used 13 kg of fuel.
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