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Track the centreline on final
See Arrival Final 1
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 87 kt with 0.5° 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 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 468 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 173 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,060 fpm on average to 468 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 1,041 m runway.
Rolled from 326 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 100 m at the widest, and lifted off 100 m left. Airborne 59 % 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 39 ft, 11 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 496 m in, 191 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 1,524 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 420 fpm at 46 ft to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.6° 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 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5.5 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 7.6 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 496 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.21 G arrival bounced 4 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 28W at CAA7 Gilford Island/Echo Bay Seaplane Base. The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 370 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 87 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead CAA7 Gilford Island/Echo Bay Seaplane Base, rising from 506 feet above sea level to 1,811 feet above sea level in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The climb was a significant increase of 1,305 feet, demonstrating the aircraft's ability to efficiently gain altitude.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. This phase was initiated 2 miles west of CAA7 Gilford Island/Echo Bay Seaplane Base.
As the aircraft began its enroute descent, it started from 2 miles northeast of CAD7 Gilford Island/Health Bay Seaplane Base, descending from 2,197 feet above sea level to 1,010 feet above sea level in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. This descent was a decrease of 1,187 feet, showcasing the aircraft's ability to smoothly transition from a climb to a descent.
The final approach to landing was initiated 4 miles southwest of CAD7 Gilford Island/Health Bay Seaplane Base, with the aircraft descending from 1,010 feet above ground level to 994 feet above ground level in a short distance of 1 nautical mile.
As the aircraft approached touchdown, it descended from 39 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level in just 11 seconds, demonstrating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed was slightly higher than expected at 74 knots, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -130 feet per minute. The touchdown distance was also good, measuring 454 meters.
Following touchdown, the aircraft entered a landing rollout phase, covering a distance of 467 meters. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, taking 2 minutes to cover a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 12 nautical miles, taking 10 minutes to complete, and consumed 14 kilograms of fuel. The local weather conditions remained relatively consistent throughout the flight, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot at 270 degrees.
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