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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Smooth the climb
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 88 kt with 2.7° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 340 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 3,321 ft of runway left; then climbing at 920 fpm on average to 340 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.
Plan view the roll down the 7,500 ft runway.
Rolled from 2,174 ft in, never more than 5 ft off the centreline. Airborne 48 % 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 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 100 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 1,300 ft left of the centreline at 1.9 nm, then inside the band from 1.5 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 −4 kt and +29 kt on the approach speed of 83 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
6 kt across from the right, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 74 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 161° at 14 kt · 12 kt head · 6 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 66 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 12 s, an average deceleration of 0.18 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 4,615 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 5 ft, 45 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 219 ft in, 781 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 4,615 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 stayed between 100 fpm and 170 fpm from 5 ft to the runway. 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 full 4,615 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 7 ft of it down 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 219 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a DA62, then departed from runway 05R at KRDU Raleigh Durham International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,491 feet, which is 20% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 88 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions of 80°F temperature and a wind of 6 knots at 90°. The crosswind was 4 knots, and the headwind was also 4 knots. The enroute climb started overhead KRDU, where the aircraft climbed from 788 feet above sea level to 8,222 feet, an increase of 7,435 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 19 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 1 mile north-east of 78NC Fuquay Airport, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering a distance of 50 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 8,231 feet to 9,188 feet, an increase of 957 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. The climb started 1 mile south-west of Garland, North Carolina.
The enroute level cruise continued, with the aircraft flying at a steady altitude for various periods of time. The first of these cruises started 3 miles north-west of Ivanhoe, and lasted for 5 minutes, covering a distance of 29 nautical miles. The aircraft then began a descent from 8,865 feet to 8,244 feet, a decrease of 621 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles. This descent started 3 miles west of 77NC Winnabow Airport.
The enroute level cruise resumed, with the aircraft flying at a steady altitude for 54 minutes, covering a distance of 326 nautical miles. This cruise started 4 miles north of Oak Island, North Carolina. The aircraft then began another descent, this time from 7,895 feet to 2,554 feet, a decrease of 5,340 feet in 11 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles. This descent started 1 mile south-west of KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport.
The enroute level cruise continued, with the aircraft flying at a steady altitude for various periods of time. The first of these cruises started 1 mile north-east of 98FD Lake Jessup Seaplane Base, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another descent, this time from 2,062 feet to 1,308 feet, a decrease of 754 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. This descent started 2 miles west of Oviedo, Florida.
The enroute level cruise resumed, with the aircraft flying at a steady altitude for 3 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles. This cruise started overhead Goldenrod, Florida. The final approach to runway 13 at KORL Orlando Executive Airport began, with the aircraft flying at a heading of 132.0° at 1 nautical mile and 387 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 13 at KORL was successful, with the touchdown distance being good at 214 feet. The touchdown speed was 74 knots, which was good, and the touchdown rate was smooth at -140 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 88°F temperature and a wind of 14 knots at 161°.
The total landing distance was 1,043 feet, which is 23% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was
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