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Fly the descent profile
Enroute Descent scored 57.71 % — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft, then GPWS warning; bank angle up to 152.8 ° at 0 %, g force 0.67 to 2.30 g at 77 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 93.77 %.
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Start to finish · 15 stages, 14 in the score
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 211 kt with 1.8° 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 989 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 10,064 ft of runway left; then climbing at 2,450 fpm on average to 989 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 15,026 ft runway.
Rolled from 1,072 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 18 ft at the widest, and lifted off 11 ft right, in 9 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 26 % 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 1° band in green.
On the glideslope from 2.0 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 50 ft under).
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.
Joined 1,520 ft left of the centreline at 2.0 nm, then inside the band from 1.6 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 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 2.0 nm, where the final began, to 1.8 nm, then slow to 0.3 nm (up to −16 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
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
4 kt across from the right, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 133 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 036° at 11 kt · 10 kt head · 4 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 119 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 14 s, an average deceleration of 0.36 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 3,216 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 8 ft, 42 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,813 ft in, 813 ft past 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 3,216 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 320 fpm at 8 ft to 100 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.5° 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 3,216 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 5 ft left of the centreline, and stayed within 5 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.
Touched down 1,813 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway, taking less than 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an A10C Thunderbolt II, then departed from runway 33 at the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility (KTTS) in Titusville, Florida. The takeoff distance was 2,910 feet, which is 19% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 212 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 73°F temperature and winds of 16 knots at 20°. The crosswind component was 12 knots, while the headwind component was 10 knots. The enroute climb started approximately 1 mile northwest of the KTTS airport and continued for 2 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,069 feet above sea level to 15,561 feet above sea level, an increase of 14,492 feet. The climb covered a distance of 14 nautical miles.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent, which started 7 miles east of Oak Hill, Florida. The descent from 15,564 feet above sea level to 170 feet above sea level, a decrease of 15,394 feet, took 2 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. Following the descent, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles east of Edgewater, Florida, and lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 02 at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (KEVB) was made from the south, with a heading of 16.0° at 1 nautical mile and 456 feet above ground level. The landing was made on a runway length of 3,216 feet, with a threshold speed that was slightly below the target at 145 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, but the touchdown speed of 133 knots was good, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -106 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 57°F temperature and winds of 11 knots at 35°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 11 knots. The total landing distance was 3,048 feet, which is 95% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 34 nautical miles, and the flight used -8 pounds of fuel.
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