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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Improve the rollout
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 · 23 stages, 21 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 five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 498 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 498 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 103 m short of the threshold. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Upwood Glider Field (EGRM), the PC-24 Cargo aircraft initiated its departure roll on runway 23, covering 688 meters, or 66% of the available runway length, before lifting off at a speed of 125 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 13 degrees Celsius, with a wind blowing at 19 knots from a direction of 183 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 14 knots and a headwind of 13 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airfield, it began its enroute climb approximately one mile southwest of Upwood, rising from an initial altitude of 1,008 feet above sea level to a cruising altitude of 36,998 feet, an increase of 35,989 feet in just 16 minutes. This climb phase covered a distance of 97 nautical miles. Following a 43-minute level cruise, during which the aircraft covered 353 nautical miles, the enroute descent commenced approximately one mile northwest of Weisendorf, Germany. The aircraft descended from 36,305 feet to 3,832 feet in 24 minutes, covering 129 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 20 at Flugplatz Sonnen (EDPS) was initiated from the north-east, but a go-around was performed at an altitude of 720 feet above ground level.
The PC-24 Cargo aircraft subsequently executed a second approach to runway 20, touching down at a speed of 125 knots. However, the touchdown point was excessively long, utilizing more than 75% of the available runway. The touchdown rate was heavy, at -669 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.8 meters from the centerline. Following a slightly misaligned rollout alignment, the aircraft came to a stop, having covered a total landing distance of 24,379 meters, or 4,895% of the runway length. The total flight distance was 617 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 1 hour and 42 minutes, and the aircraft consumed 1,199 kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 20 at EDPS Flugplatz Sonnen from the north east was initiated at 1 nm and 1,130 ft above ground level, heading 214.0°. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was too high at 133 kt, indicating a slight deviation from the optimal landing speed.
As the aircraft touched down, it became apparent that the touchdown point was excessively long, utilizing more than 75% of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 125 kt was good, but the touchdown rate was heavy at -669 fpm, suggesting a possible over-rotation or insufficient reverse thrust application. Furthermore, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.8 m from the centreline, indicating a slight deviation from the intended centreline alignment. Local weather conditions, with a temperature of 9 °C and wind at 16 kt from 275°, contributed to a crosswind of 15 kt and a headwind of 4 kt.
The total landing distance of 24,379 m was 4,895% of the runway length, indicating a significant overrun. During the rollout phase, the aircraft was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 8.6 m. Overall, the landing performance scored 83.5%, reflecting a satisfactory but not optimal execution of the landing.
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