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Smooth 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 74 kt with 5.7° 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 399 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 428 m of runway left; then climbing at 490 fpm on average to 399 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 841 m runway.
Rolled from 19 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 1.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.1 m right. Airborne 31 % 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.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.3 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 290 ft below the slope.
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.
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 689 m left of the centreline at 2.3 nm, then inside the band from 1.4 nm to the threshold.
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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −7 kt and +30 kt on the approach speed of 80 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 167° at 15 kt · 15 kt head · 0 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 51 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.11 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 167 m in, 137 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 220 fpm at 15 ft to 100 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.3° 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 first 1,524 m of the 2,482 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3.8 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.1 m left 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 167 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a DA-50, then departed from runway 16 at UBZA Zabrat Airport. The takeoff distance was 254 meters, which accounted for 30% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 74 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 20 knots from a direction of 160 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 19 knots.
After departing from UBZA Zabrat Airport, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 17 minutes and covered a distance of 33 nautical miles. This phase began overhead the airport and allowed the aircraft to reach a cruising altitude. The flight then proceeded to its destination, UBSU Sital Chay Airport, where it began its final approach to runway 17R from the north. At this point, the aircraft was at an altitude of 241 feet above ground level and was heading in a direction of 169.0 degrees. The local weather conditions at the time of the final approach were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 167 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 15 knots.
The landing on runway 17R was successful, with a touchdown distance of 166 meters, which accounted for 15% of the runway. The touchdown speed was 68 knots, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -102 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 3.8 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those during the final approach. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 38 nautical miles and lasted for 25 minutes. The aircraft used 13 kilograms of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was characterized by a smooth and controlled takeoff, a successful cruise phase, and a good landing, with only a slight misalignment of the runway touchdown position.
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