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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 20 ft off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Make one smooth continuous pitch input through the flare rather than chasing the runway with the elevator.
What happened: The flare was pumped, with pitch reversing direction several times on the way down instead of one smooth input.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude trend through the flare, aiming for a single steady rise through 6.8° with no reversals.
See Arrival Landing
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 19 stages, 17 scored
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 11,508 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,297 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 02L at Cam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air Base, where the Vision Jet took off with a takeoff distance of 1,998 ft, which is 20% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 96 kt, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 98 °F and a wind speed of 9 kt at 100 °.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it started its enroute climb from 1,058 ft above sea level to 28,328 ft, an increase of 27,270 ft in just 19 minutes, covering a distance of 68 nm. The climb was followed by an enroute level cruise that started 12 miles west of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam, and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 93 nm.
The aircraft then began its enroute descent from 28,257 ft above sea level to 2,721 ft, a decrease of 25,536 ft in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 77 nm. The descent started 26 miles south of Quang Ngai, Vietnam. The aircraft then leveled off again for a short period of 3 minutes, covering 8 nm, before starting another descent from 2,727 ft above sea level to 1,306 ft, a decrease of 1,420 ft in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nm.
The final approach to runway 35R at Da Nang International Airport was made from the south, heading 352.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,273 ft above ground level. The landing on the runway was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,296 ft, which is good. However, the touchdown speed of 70 kt was a little fast, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 27 ft from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 97 °F and a wind speed of 11 kt at 210 °, with a crosswind of 7 kt and a tailwind of 9 kt. The total landing distance was 4,248 ft, which is 37% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 26 ft from the centreline. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 258 nm, took 71 minutes, and used 485 lbs of fuel.
The Vision Jet successfully landed at VVDN Da Nang International Airport, achieving a score of 96.9%. The aircraft approached the runway from the south, heading 352.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed on runway 35R, which has a length of 11,508 feet.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, but the threshold speed was slightly higher than ideal at 84 knots. The touchdown distance was satisfactory at 1,296 feet, but the touchdown speed of 70 knots was a bit faster than recommended. The touchdown rate, however, was smooth at -131 feet per minute (fpm).
The landing was not without some minor issues. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 27 feet from the centreline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly off-centre by 26 feet. These minor deviations may have been due to the local weather conditions, which included a temperature of 97°F and winds of 11 knots at 210°.
The crosswind component was 7 knots, while the tailwind component was 9 knots. These conditions may have contributed to the slight misalignment of the landing. Nevertheless, the overall performance of the Vision Jet was satisfactory, and the pilot's skills were demonstrated in executing a smooth and controlled landing despite the challenging weather conditions.
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