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EGQL
Leuchars, Scotland
Elevation19 ft asl
Weight2,465 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

88.07 %
EGPH
Edinburgh, Scotland
Elevation95 ft asl
Weight2,465 kg
Fuel343 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
23 Oct 2026 0:23 40 nm Airbus H145 21 kg
Departure Score
99.46 %
Enroute Score
99.16 %
Arrival Score
65.59 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 730 fpm at 0 %, −6.67 points
Arrival Approach — 45 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 11 %, −4.81 points
Enroute Climb — bank angle up to 49.3 ° at 81 %, −0.28 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 45% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast together, and it met the ground at 730 fpm. A slow, fast descent is hard to stop with collective, and a firm touchdown usually follows.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 12 stages, 12 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 Transition 99.46Accelerated away from 3 kt to 47 kt, reaching 303 ft above the spot in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 3 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
98 % Nose down by up to 15 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 194 ft90 ft min to max 303 ft 90 303 ft
Info Average ground speed 16 kt3 kt min to max 47 kt 3 47 kt
Info Average airspeed 8 kt0 kt min to max 29 kt 0 29 kt
Info Average VSI 544 fpm253 fpm min to max 758 fpm 303 558 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -5.3 °-15.4 ° min to max 0.5 ° -0.2 -5.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.2 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.96 g min to max 1.13 g 0.99 1.13 g
Enroute Climb 92.48Enroute climb started overhead EGQL Leuchars Station Airfield Leuchars (Fife, Scotland). Climbing from 346 ft asl to 3,652 ft asl, an increase of 3,306 ft in 5 minutes and covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 102 kt32 kt min to max 131 kt 32 99 kt
81 % Average bank angle 6.1 °0.4 ° min to max 49.3 ° 2.8 1.6 °
99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.68 g min to max 2.17 g 1.13 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 956 fpm-949 fpm min to max 3,888 fpm 749 116 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,632 ft asl346 ft asl min to max 3,652 ft asl 346 3,652 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.4 °-24.7 ° min to max 14.6 ° -5.4 -6.6 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Ceres (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±683 ft of 3,571 ft asl3,274 ft asl min to max 3,829 ft asl 3,667 3,303 ft asl
100 % Average speed 118 kt103 kt min to max 134 kt 103 124 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.4 °0.7 ° min to max 25.5 ° 13.0 18.9 °
99.98 % Average g force 1.06 g0.83 g min to max 1.31 g 1.11 0.83 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.9 °-8.7 ° min to max -0.5 ° -7.0 -5.5 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 2 miles north of Kirkton of Largo (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 3,305 ft asl to 2,536 ft asl, a decrease of 769 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 122 kt118 kt min to max 124 kt 123 120 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.2 °0.3 ° min to max 19.1 ° 19.1 9.9 °
100 % Average g force 0.97 g0.87 g min to max 1.01 g 0.87 0.93 g
Info Average VSI -367 fpm-721 fpm min to max 254 fpm 254 -289 fpm
Info Average altitude 3,013 ft asl2,536 ft asl min to max 3,305 ft asl 3,305 2,536 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -7.8 °-9.9 ° min to max -6.4 ° -6.4 -8.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Kirkton of Largo (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 5 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±626 ft of 2,682 ft asl2,457 ft asl min to max 2,979 ft asl 2,528 2,457 ft asl
100 % Average speed 107 kt93 kt min to max 120 kt 120 110 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.1 °0.1 ° min to max 31.5 ° 13.9 0.6 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.04 g0.64 g min to max 1.25 g 0.95 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -5.5 °-16.7 ° min to max -0.0 ° -8.7 -6.5 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 4 miles south east of Buckhaven (Fife, Scotland). Descent from 2,399 ft asl to 1,938 ft asl, a decrease of 461 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 108 kt107 kt min to max 109 kt 109 107 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.6 ° 0.7 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -309 fpm-356 fpm min to max -277 fpm -356 -320 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,164 ft asl1,938 ft asl min to max 2,399 ft asl 2,399 1,938 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.5 °-6.5 ° min to max -6.4 ° -6.5 -6.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 3 100.00Enroute level cruise started 5 miles south east of Coaltown of Wemyss (Fife, Scotland) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±595 ft of 1,841 ft asl1,775 ft asl min to max 1,896 ft asl 1,896 1,775 ft asl
100 % Average speed 109 kt107 kt min to max 110 kt 107 109 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.1 ° min to max 6.2 ° 0.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.4 °-6.7 ° min to max -6.2 ° -6.3 -6.5 °
Enroute Descent 3 100.00Enroute descent started 3 miles north of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh, Scotland). Descent from 1,769 ft asl to 1,233 ft asl, a decrease of 536 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 107 kt106 kt min to max 109 kt 109 106 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.0 ° 0.5 3.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -357 fpm-381 fpm min to max -333 fpm -360 -370 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,503 ft asl1,233 ft asl min to max 1,769 ft asl 1,769 1,233 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -6.5 °-6.7 ° min to max -6.3 ° -6.5 -6.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 4 100.00Enroute level cruise started 3 miles north west of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh, Scotland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±561 ft of 1,001 ft asl820 ft asl min to max 1,227 ft asl 1,227 822 ft asl
100 % Average speed 99 kt72 kt min to max 106 kt 106 72 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.1 ° min to max 6.7 ° 4.0 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 0.99 1.02 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -4.4 °-6.6 ° min to max 3.5 ° -6.4 3.4 °
Enroute Descent 4 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile north east of EGPH Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh, Scotland). Descent from 823 ft asl to 608 ft asl, a decrease of 215 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 53 kt41 kt min to max 70 kt 70 41 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.4 °0.0 ° min to max 8.4 ° 0.5 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.90 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI -483 fpm-734 fpm min to max 60 fpm 60 -481 fpm
Info Average altitude 721 ft asl608 ft asl min to max 823 ft asl 823 608 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.8 °-0.3 ° min to max 6.1 ° 3.4 0.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 71.17The approach began 494 ft above the landing spot at 37 kt and slowed to 6 kt in 41 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 1 °Full marks up to 20 °
93 % Fastest descent 887 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
11 % 45 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 9 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 257 ft20 ft min to max 494 ft 494 20 ft
Info Average ground speed 27 kt6 kt min to max 37 kt 37 6 kt
Info Average airspeed 29 kt10 kt min to max 40 kt 40 10 kt
Info Average VSI -670 fpm-887 fpm min to max -409 fpm -526 -664 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °0.1 ° min to max 8.6 ° 0.7 4.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.0 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.06 g 0.99 1.00 g
020040060005001,0001,500Steepest, 887 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 60.00Touched down at 730 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touched down at 730 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 4 ft0 ft min to max 8 ft 8 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 3 kt0 kt min to max 5 kt 5 0 kt
Info Average VSI -365 fpm-730 fpm min to max 0 fpm -730 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °0.1 ° min to max 1.3 ° 1.3 0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.93 g min to max 1.01 g 0.93 1.01 g
020406080-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 530 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 730 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
98.20Nose down15°

Approach

92.80Steepest descent887 fpm
11.10Slow and sinking45 %
100.00Bank1°
100.00Nose up9°

Touchdown

0.00Rate at contact730 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach71.17

020040060005001,0001,500Steepest, 887 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Touchdown60.00

020406080-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 530 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 730 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. It was not moving over the ground. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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The Airbus H145 accelerated from 3 kt to 47 kt, reaching 303 ft above the spot in 22 seconds.

During climb the aircraft rose from 346 ft asl to 3,652 ft asl in 5 minutes while covering 8 nm, starting overhead EGQL Leuchars Station Airfield Leuchars.

It then entered level flight at 3,600 ft asl for 1 minute, covering 3 nm, starting overhead Ceres.

The descent began from 3,305 ft asl and continued to 608 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 28 nm. The descent started 2 miles north of Kirkton of Largo and included brief level-offs at 2,700 ft asl, 1,800 ft asl and 700 ft asl.

The approach started 494 ft above the landing spot at 37 kt and slowed to 6 kt in 41 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.

Touchdown occurred with a vertical speed of 730 fpm and 0 kt groundspeed.

The total flight distance was 40 nm, the flight time was 23 minutes and fuel consumption was 21 kg.

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