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EGSQ
Clacton-on-Sea, England
Elevation32 ft asl
Weight1,313 kg
Fuel239 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn

Flight Score

82.26 %
EGSQ
Clacton-on-Sea, England
Elevation39 ft asl
Weight1,308 kg
Fuel234 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn
11 Oct 2026 0:11 18 nm Bell 206B3 JetRanger III 5 kg
Departure Score
77.50 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
69.27 %

What went well

Approach kept its airspeed on the way down — no fast, slow descent
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Departure Taxi — Taxi Lights at 0 %, peak taxi speed 48 kt at 13 %, −7.50 points
Arrival Taxi — peak taxi speed 51 kt at 0 %, Landing Lights at 1 %, −4.99 points
Arrival Touchdown — Forward at touchdown 54.4 kt at 0 %, Touched down at 323 fpm at 69 %, −4.98 points

Next time

Arrival

Bring the helicopter to a stationary hover over the spot first, then set it down vertically.

What happened: The helicopter was moving forward at 54 kt at touchdown, against 5 kt for full marks.

Watch for: The ground ahead: no movement towards you before the skids touch.

See Arrival Touchdown

Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.

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Start to finish · 8 stages, 8 scored

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 Taxi 55.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 1 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
13 % Average speed 37 kt0 kt min to max 48 kt 0 48 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average g force 0.07 g-0.01 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 0.05 g
Info Average pitch angle 7.1 °4.3 ° min to max 9.8 ° 4.4 9.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.2 0.2 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights
Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Activated 4 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 48 kt to 60 kt, reaching 9 ft above the spot in 3 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 4 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 0 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 4 ft0 ft min to max 9 ft 0 9 ft
Info Average ground speed 55 kt48 kt min to max 60 kt 48 60 kt
Info Average airspeed 55 kt48 kt min to max 61 kt 48 61 kt
Info Average VSI 142 fpm45 fpm min to max 266 fpm 45 266 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 9.8 °9.1 ° min to max 10.6 ° 10.0 9.7 °
Info Average bank angle 2.6 °0.3 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.3 3.0 °
Info Average g force 0.07 g0.05 g min to max 0.08 g 0.05 0.08 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead Clacton-on-Sea (Essex, England). Climbing from 44 ft asl to 1,091 ft asl, an increase of 1,047 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kt61 kt min to max 122 kt 61 122 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 4.5 ° 3.0 1.5 °
Info Average g force 0.15 g0.02 g min to max 0.75 g 0.08 0.75 g
Info Average VSI 620 fpm-156 fpm min to max 1,848 fpm 264 242 fpm
Info Average altitude 314 ft asl44 ft asl min to max 1,091 ft asl 44 1,091 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °1.0 ° min to max 17.8 ° 9.6 1.8 °
Info Turn coordination -43-127 min to max 85 85 -57

Events

Info Flaps Fully Retracted 39 ft agl · 69 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Little Clacton (Essex, England) and lasted 8 minutes, covering 14 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±555 ft of 1,028 ft asl710 ft asl min to max 1,177 ft asl 1,095 710 ft asl
100 % Average speed 117 kt70 kt min to max 138 kt 123 70 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.3 °0.0 ° min to max 29.1 ° 2.2 12.0 °
Info Average g force 0.53 g0.02 g min to max 1.00 g 0.75 0.21 g
Info Turn coordination 35-127 min to max 127 -56 -116
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-2.9 ° min to max 4.3 ° 2.1 1.9 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 1,040 ft agl · 110 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 952 ft agl · 102 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 898 ft agl · 96 kt
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile west of EGSQ Clacton Airfield Clacton-on-Sea (Essex, England). Descent from 702 ft asl to 532 ft asl, a decrease of 170 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 67 kt64 kt min to max 69 kt 69 65 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.4 °4.4 ° min to max 11.4 ° 11.4 5.4 °
Info Average g force 0.06 g-0.02 g min to max 0.18 g 0.18 -0.01 g
Info Average VSI -446 fpm-770 fpm min to max -170 fpm -481 -449 fpm
Info Average altitude 601 ft asl532 ft asl min to max 702 ft asl 702 532 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °-0.0 ° min to max 5.7 ° 1.8 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination -126-127 min to max -124 -124 -127
Arrival Approach 97.57The approach began 474 ft above the landing spot at 66 kt and slowed to 63 kt in 64 seconds, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99.7 % Steepest bank 20 °Full marks up to 20 °
92 % Fastest descent 894 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
100 % 0 % 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 147 ft10 ft min to max 474 ft 474 10 ft
Info Average ground speed 66 kt63 kt min to max 70 kt 66 63 kt
Info Average airspeed 66 kt64 kt min to max 70 kt 66 64 kt
Info Average VSI -660 fpm-894 fpm min to max 218 fpm -472 -571 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-1.4 ° min to max 8.9 ° 3.1 5.3 °
Info Average bank angle 10.1 °0.0 ° min to max 20.1 ° 5.3 0.6 °
Info Average g force 0.04 g-0.08 g min to max 0.17 g 0.01 0.17 g
020040060002,0004,0006,0008,000Steepest, 894 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. It kept its airspeed on the way down: nowhere was it slow and sinking fast.

Arrival Touchdown 55.19Touched down at 323 fpm with 54 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
69 % Touched down at 323 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
79 % Sideways at touchdown 1.9 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
0 % Forward at touchdown 54.4 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 5 ft0 ft min to max 10 ft 10 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 57 kt51 kt min to max 63 kt 63 51 kt
Info Average VSI -196 fpm-579 fpm min to max -54 fpm -560 -59 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 6.8 °4.1 ° min to max 8.9 ° 5.4 4.1 °
Info Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.8 0.7 °
Info Average g force 0.15 g0.12 g min to max 0.19 g 0.17 0.12 g
0100200300-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 860 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 323 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 54.4 kt, 1.9 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Arrival Taxi 55.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 37 kt0 kt min to max 51 kt 51 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average g force 0.29 g0.09 g min to max 1.00 g 0.11 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °0.7 ° min to max 4.0 ° 4.0 3.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.7 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down0°

Approach

92.10Steepest descent894 fpm
100.00Slow and sinking0 %
99.70Bank20°
100.00Nose up9°

Touchdown

69.20Rate at contact323 fpm
78.60Sideways drift1.9 kt
0.00Forward speed54.4 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach97.57

020040060002,0004,0006,0008,000Steepest, 894 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. It kept its airspeed on the way down: nowhere was it slow and sinking fast.

Touchdown55.19

0100200300-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 860 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 323 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 54.4 kt, 1.9 kt of it to the left. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Bell 206B3 JetRanger III taxied from the parking area to the runway in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.

During takeoff the aircraft accelerated from 48 kt to 60 kt and reached 9 ft above the spot in 3 seconds.

Climb began overhead Clacton-on-Sea, rising from 44 ft asl to 1,091 ft asl - an increase of 1,047 ft - in 1 minutes while traversing 2 nm.

Level cruise was established over Little Clacton and persisted for 8 minutes, covering 14 nm.

Descent started 1 mile west of EGSQ Clacton Airfield, descending from 702 ft asl to 532 ft asl, a loss of 170 ft in less than 1 minute and covering less than 1 nm.

The approach commenced at 474 ft above the landing spot with a speed of 66 kt, slowing to 63 kt over 64 seconds while covering 1 nm.

Touchdown was achieved with a vertical speed of 323 fpm and a ground speed of 54 kt.

After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.

In total the flight covered 18 nm, took 11, and used 5 kg of fuel.

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