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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Hold the cruise
Enroute Level scored 77.42 % — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 61.1 ° at 58 %, speed limits at 79 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 96.75 %.
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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 148 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 932 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 7,161 ft of runway left; then climbing at 2,090 fpm on average to 932 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 12,413 ft runway.
Rolled from 291 ft in, drifted 22 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 12 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 35 % 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.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 190 ft below the slope.
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 1,130 ft left of the centreline, then inside the band from 3.7 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 4 nm to 0.9 nm, then fast to 0.3 nm (up to +17 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
9 kt across from the right, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 125 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 270° at 10 kt · 2 kt head · 9 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,136 ft in, close to 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 470 fpm at 29 ft to 270 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.9° 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 5,000 ft of the 12,413 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 12 ft left of the centreline.
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 1,136 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The B-2 Spirit aircraft departed from runway 19 at Whiteman Air Force Base, KSZL, with a takeoff distance of 4,168 feet, which is 34% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 148 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 57 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 270 degrees, resulting in a 17-knot crosswind and a 3-knot headwind.
As the aircraft began its enroute climb, it started 1 mile south of Whiteman Air Force Base and climbed from an altitude of 1,919 feet above sea level to 5,135 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,217 feet, in just 2 minutes. During this climb, the aircraft covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles west of Homan Field Sedalia and lasted for 10 minutes, covering a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 7 miles east of Concordia, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 4,885 feet above sea level to 2,711 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,174 feet, in 3 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Following the descent, the aircraft entered another level cruise phase, which started 7 miles east of Concordia and lasted for 4 minutes, covering a distance of 11 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Whiteman Air Force Base, it began its final approach to runway 19 from the north, heading 189.0 degrees at an altitude of 949 feet above ground level and a distance of 3 nautical miles from the runway. The aircraft landed on runway 19, which has a length of 12,413 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 133 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 1,140 feet, and the touchdown speed was good at 125 knots. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -269 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 16 feet from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 57 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 270 degrees, resulting in a 10-knot crosswind and a 2-knot headwind. The total flight distance was 40 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 20 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 42,987 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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