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Slow the descent speed
See Enroute Descent
Below 10,000 ft you are typically limited to 250 kt indicated (a US rule that much of the world mirrors in some form, though not universally). This forces a deceleration around 10,000 ft whether the profile wants one or not, so plan for it rather than discovering it.
Read more in Descent PlanningStart to finish · 16 stages, 13 in the score
The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 76 kt with 7.8° 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 800 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 3,851 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,520 fpm on average to 800 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 6,693 ft runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 5 ft at the widest, and lifted off 3 ft left. Airborne 18 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3.4° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
On the glideslope from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to 0.6 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 80 ft under).
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: 3.4° here, which is about 360 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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 1,000 ft left of the centreline at 0.9 nm.
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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
3 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 68 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 060° at 6 kt · 5 kt head · 3 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 67 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 14 s, an average deceleration of 0.14 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 11 ft, 39 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 382 ft in, 618 ft short of 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 190 fpm at 9 ft to 120 fpm at 8 ft, then back up to 200 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.0° 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 8,394 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 20 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 3 ft left by the end of the rollout.
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 382 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.32 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Horten Ho229 began with a 2-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport. The departure roll on runway 27 covered 1,309 ft, which was 20% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 76 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 32 °F with a wind of 11 kn coming from 279 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 11 kn.
The enroute climb started overhead KTEX Telluride Regional Airport, climbing from 9,906 ft asl to 43,810 ft asl in 11 minutes, covering 91 nm. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase 16 miles west of Blanding (Utah, United States) and flew for 24 minutes, covering 203 nm.
The enroute descent began 13 miles southeast of Scenic (Arizona, United States), descending from 43,942 ft asl to 3,947 ft asl in 9 minutes, covering 67 nm. The landing took place on runway 01L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport, with a runway length of 8,394 ft. The aircraft approached at a height of 12 ft agl and a speed of 79 kn. The touchdown occurred 376 ft from the threshold at a speed of 68 kn, with a descent rate of -202 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 63 °F with a wind of 6 kn coming from 60 °, resulting in a crosswind of 4 kn and a headwind of 5 kn. The total landing distance was 1,272 ft, which was 15% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 366 nm, with a total flight time of 87 minutes. The aircraft used 923 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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