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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
See Departure Roll
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 123 kt with 3.5° 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 981 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 836 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,220 fpm on average to 981 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 1,875 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 4.8 m right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 44 % 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 3.5° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 0.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 40 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, 305 m past the threshold: 3.5° here, which is about 370 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 268 m left of the centreline at 0.7 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +6 kt and +14 kt on the approach speed of 98 kt.
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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 170° at 4 kt · 4 kt tail · 0 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 97 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 21 s, an average deceleration of 0.17 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 18 ft, 32 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 337 m in, close to 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 520 fpm at 18 ft to 210 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.1° 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 2,110 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 3.1 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 337 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.23 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Cockspur PH100, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at LSZC Buochs Airport. This process took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll took place on runway 24, and the takeoff distance was 876 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 123 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 1°C temperature and a wind speed of 5 knots at 220 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started overhead Stans, Kanton Nidwalden, Switzerland, and the aircraft ascended from 2,491 feet above sea level to 38,016 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,525 feet in 19 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 1 mile south of Airolo, Ticino, Switzerland, and lasted for 18 minutes, covering a distance of 109 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent from 38,080 feet above sea level to 1,150 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,930 feet in 27 minutes, covering a distance of 125 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started again 2 miles northwest of Lumio, Corse, France, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final descent began 1 mile southeast of Calvi, Corse, France, and the aircraft descended from 1,012 feet above sea level to 346 feet above sea level, a decrease of 667 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 36 at LFKC Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport from the south, heading 360 degrees at 0 nautical miles and 215 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 36, which had a length of 2,110 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 104 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 337 meters, and the touchdown speed was 94 knots, which was good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -212 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were 11°C temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 169 degrees, with a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 4 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway, taking 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 272 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes. The aircraft used 442 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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