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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a fixed point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft drifted 7.1 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and wing drift like that usually keeps reappearing as bank in the climb, with 4.3° of bank in the first climb segment and 8.9° still showing in the second.
Watch for: Heading indicator: steady on the runway centreline during the roll, then wings level through the climb.
Start to finish · 11 stages, 9 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 55 kt with 9.7° 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 187 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 3,456 m of runway left; then climbing at 380 fpm on average to 187 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 3,989 m runway.
Rolled from 151 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 7.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 7 m right, in 8 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 7 % 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Excellent landing flare
6 kt across from the right, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 49 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 140° at 6 kt · 1 kt head · 6 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 11 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 46 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 434 m in, 129 m past the ideal 305 m.
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 1,524 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 730 fpm at 46 ft to 140 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 7.4° 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 1,524 m of the 3,989 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2.5 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 5.3 m 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 434 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight, operated with a DR400 aircraft, began with a departure roll from runway 06 at ELLX Luxembourg-Findel International Airport. The aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of just 137 meters, representing only 3% of the runway. It lifted off at a speed of 55 knots, showcasing the plane's excellent performance on takeoff.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 24 degrees Celsius and a light wind of 8 knots at 140 degrees. The crosswind was 8 knots and the headwind was 1 knot, presenting a gentle challenge for the pilot to navigate. The enroute climb began overhead Sandweiler, Luxembourg, where the aircraft was climbing from 1,357 feet above sea level to 1,220 feet, increasing in altitude by 137 feet in just 1 minute.
As the aircraft approached the airport for its final landing, it was heading directly from the south west, at a bearing of 63.0 degrees and an altitude gain of just 36 feet above ground level at a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway. This precision alignment ensured a smooth and safe landing.
The landing itself was achieved on runway 06, with a total runway length of 3,989 meters. Despite a threshold speed that was slightly too high at 70 knots, the touchdown distance of 433 meters was good and the touchdown speed of 49 knots was well within the desired range. Additionally, the touchdown rate was excellent at -52 feet per minute, demonstrating the pilot's skill and proficiency. Furthermore, the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
Throughout the flight, the local weather conditions remained generally favorable, with temperatures ranging from 24 to 23 degrees Celsius and light winds of 8 knots at varying directions. The crosswind was relatively consistent throughout the landing process, at either 6 or 8 knots, while the headwind provided an extra boost of 5 knots.
The flight overall had a total distance of 2 nautical miles, which the aircraft covered in just 3 minutes while consuming a mere 1 kilogram of fuel. Following the landing, the aircraft taxiing to the parking from the runway was a quick and efficient process, covering less than 1 nautical mile in just 1 minute.
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