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Improve the pattern downwind leg
The one change that would have gained the most on this flight, and the guide passage for it.
The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 409 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen taxied to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 213 m, representing 9 % of the runway, and lifted off at 38 kt. Ambient conditions were 11 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 169°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and no head-wind.
During the approach the pilot entered a left-hand pattern on runway 23, completing the entry in less than 1 nm in 23 seconds and the subsequent cross-wind leg in less than 1 nm in 22 seconds. The downwind turn covered 1 nm at an angle of 99.7° to the runway, followed by a downwind leg of 2 nm completed in 70 seconds. The base turn spanned 1 nm at a 42.4° angle, and the base leg was less than 1 nm in 34 seconds. The final turn was also less than 1 nm in 25 seconds. The final approach was established from the north-east on a heading of 231.0° at 1 nm and 302 ft AGL.
Landing was executed on runway 23, whose total length is 2,493 m. The threshold speed was recorded at 46 kt, above the target. Touchdown occurred 412 m down the runway at a speed of 24 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 28 fpm and perfect alignment. Weather conditions remained unchanged with a temperature of 11 °C, wind 1 kt from 169°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 0 kt.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 469 m, equivalent to 19 % of the runway, and the aircraft remained aligned with the runway centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, required 6 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen conducted its final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde from the north-east, tracking a heading of 231.0° at 1 nm and 302 ft agl. Local conditions were 11 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 169°, a crosswind component of 1 kt and no headwind.
At threshold the aircraft enjoyed a good threshold height, while the threshold speed was well above target at 46 kt.
Touchdown occurred 412 m down the runway with a speed of 24 kt, both described as good, and the vertical rate was perfect at minus 28 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect and the total landing distance measured 469 m, representing 19 % of the 2,493 m runway.
Rollout alignment remained perfect throughout the remaining distance.
Maintain the excellent alignment and rate achieved, but aim to bring the threshold speed closer to the target value to further optimise the landing profile.
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