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Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 65 kt with 2.1° 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 752 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 2,201 ft of runway left; then climbing at 780 fpm on average to 752 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 3,962 ft runway.
Rolled from 425 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 11 ft at the widest, and lifted off 10 ft 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
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 41 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 6 s, an average deceleration of 0.11 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 51 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 3,400 ft in, 2,400 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 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 140 fpm at 49 ft to 80 fpm at 5 ft, then back up to 90 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.1° 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 5,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 38 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 25 ft right 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.
Touched down 3,400 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 34 at CYEE Huronia Airport. The aircraft, an Icon A5, required a takeoff distance of 854 feet, which is 22% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 66 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were a temperature of 60°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 269 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 1 knot.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile northwest of CYEE Huronia Airport. The climb started at an altitude of 1,528 feet above sea level and reached 1,592 feet above sea level, an increase of 63 feet, in less than 1 minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The enroute climb was a brief but efficient ascent.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile north of CYEE Huronia Airport. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The cruise phase was a stable and efficient segment of the flight.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Midland Airport, it began its final approach to landing. The approach started 1 nautical mile from the airport and descended to an altitude of 55 feet above ground level. The descent from 51 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level took 42 seconds, resulting in a decrease of 51 feet. The touchdown speed was 40 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was excellent at -91 feet per minute.
The touchdown point was located very far down the runway, using more than 50% of the available runway. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 59°F and a wind speed of 1 knot at 247 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
After touchdown, the aircraft began its landing rollout, which ended at an altitude of 577 feet above sea level. The distance covered during the rollout was 234 feet. The total flight distance was 6 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 5 minutes. The aircraft used -1 pound of fuel during the flight, indicating a slight increase in fuel weight.
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