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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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 72 kt with 4.3° 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 253 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,675 ft of runway left; then climbing at 590 fpm on average to 253 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 4,309 ft runway.
Rolled from 713 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 8 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft left, in 8 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 30 % 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 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 270 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, 1,000 ft 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.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 3.2 nm, then drifted 460 ft right between 3.2 and 2.2 nm, then inside the band from 2.2 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 +2 kt and +28 kt on the approach speed of 70 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
3 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 66 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 170° at 20 kt · 19 kt head · 3 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 49 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 7 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 40 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 637 ft in, 363 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 390 fpm at 38 ft to 210 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.0° 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 5,000 ft of the 5,367 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 6 ft right of the centreline, and stayed within 6 ft of it down the rollout.
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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 637 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Tecnam P2006T MKII aircraft began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Clinton Regional Airport, taking 15 minutes and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. Upon reaching the runway, the aircraft departed from runway 17, with a takeoff distance of 602 feet, which accounted for 14% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 73 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 56°F temperature and a wind speed of 25 knots at 159 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots, while the headwind was 24 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Clinton Regional Airport, where it ascended from 1,878 feet above sea level to 2,343 feet, an increase of 465 feet in just 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, lasting 8 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time starting 5 miles north of Canute, Oklahoma, where it ascended from 2,268 feet to 2,823 feet, an increase of 554 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, lasting 5 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 17 at Elk City Regional Business Airport, coming in from the north at a heading of 183.0 degrees, 4 nautical miles away and 1,090 feet above ground level. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 59°F temperature and a wind speed of 20 knots at 169 degrees, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 19 knots.
The aircraft landed safely on runway 17, with a touchdown distance of 629 feet, which was 19% of the runway length. The touchdown speed was 66 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -213 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, taking less than 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 31 nautical miles, taking 30 minutes, and used 24 pounds of fuel. The Tecnam P2006T MKII aircraft performed well throughout the flight, demonstrating its capabilities and handling characteristics.
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