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The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,836 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 500 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 the departure runway in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
The aircraft departed runway 01 at KSGU St George Regional Airport, accelerating over a takeoff distance of 572 m (20 % of the runway) and lifting off at 69 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 33 °C with wind 5 kt from 339°, providing a 4 kt headwind and a 3 kt crosswind component.
A left-hand pattern entry was flown from runway 01, the leg extending less than 1 nm and completed in 12 seconds.
Subsequently, the aircraft executed a left-hand pattern crosswind leg, again less than 1 nm in length and lasting 20 seconds.
The downwind turn of the pattern covered 1 nm and required a heading change of 98.5° to align with the runway at a 45-degree angle.
During the downwind leg the aircraft flew 2 nm in 52 seconds.
The base leg was less than 1 nm and was flown for 26 seconds.
A final turn of the pattern was performed, spanning 5 nm and taking 147 seconds to complete.
The final approach to runway 19 at KSGU was conducted from the north-east on a heading of 202.0°, intercepting the approach at 1 nm and 517 ft AGL.
A go-around was initiated on runway 19 at an altitude of 49 ft AGL.
Landing was completed on runway 19, whose length is 2,836 m. The threshold speed was 67 kt, and touchdown occurred 61 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 60 kt. The aircraft settled with a vertical speed of minus 103 fpm and maintained very good runway alignment. Local weather at landing was a temperature of 32 °C with wind 5 kt from 340°, giving a 4 kt tailwind and a 3 kt crosswind component.
In total the flight covered 21 nm, took 13 minutes, and consumed 4 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 19 at KSGU St George Regional Airport was conducted from the north-east on a heading of 202.0° at 1 nm and 517 ft AGL, with ambient temperature 32 °C, wind 5 kt from 340°, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 4 kt tailwind component.
The aircraft entered the threshold area of the 2,836 m runway with a good threshold height and a good threshold speed of 67 kt.
Touchdown occurred 61 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 60 kt, which the data notes was a little fast; the touchdown rate was smooth at minus 103 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
With a score of 93.7 %, the landing was strong overall; reducing the touchdown speed slightly and aiming to touch down closer to the intended aim point will tighten the margin of safety and further improve precision.
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