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Speed on the slow side
Between four hundred and a thousand feet you're heavy, close to the ground and still carrying flap, and speed is the margin holding all three apart. Slow here doesn't feel like anything — the aeroplane climbs, the nose is up, nothing complains — right up until a turn, a gust or a bank tightens the wing's job and the margin is already gone. The fix is rarely "fly faster", it's lowering the nose a degree and letting the speed build before the next thing you do. Pitch buys altitude, speed buys options, and at this height options are the scarcer of the two.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,173 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,173 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 224 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Savage Cub taxied to runway 35 at M45 Alpine County and commenced the departure roll. Takeoff required 186 m, representing 14 % of the runway, and liftoff was achieved at 50 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 4 °C, wind 2 kt from 182°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville, climbing from 6 820 ft asl to 7 583 ft asl - a gain of 763 ft in 1 minute while covering less than 1 nm.
A level cruise followed, also overhead M45 Alpine County Markleeville, lasting 5 minutes and extending 7 nm.
A second climb started 5 mi south-east of M45 Alpine County Markleeville, ascending from 7 962 ft asl to 9 782 ft asl - an increase of 1 821 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
The aircraft then entered a cruise segment 6 mi south-west of Topaz Ranch Estates, which lasted 2 minutes and spanned 3 nm.
An en-route descent commenced 5 mi north-west of Coleville, descending from 9 416 ft asl to 8 308 ft asl - a loss of 1 108 ft in 3 minutes while covering 5 nm.
A subsequent cruise segment over Coleville lasted 22 minutes and covered 33 nm.
The final approach to runway 16 at O57 Bryant was flown from the north, on a heading of 180.0° at 1 nm and 411 ft agl. The descent continued from 593 ft agl to 56 ft agl in 72 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing was executed on runway 16 at O57 Bryant, whose length is 1 173 m. The threshold height was satisfactory and the threshold speed was 43 kt. Touchdown occurred 223 m down the runway at 35 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 59 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather at the time was temperature 2 °C, wind 1 kt from 184°, no cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind. Total landing distance measured 312 m, equivalent to 27 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
In total, the flight covered 55 nm, took 38 minutes, and used 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 16 at O57 Bryant was flown from the north on a heading of 180.0° at 1 nm and 411 ft agl, with a descent from 593 ft agl to 56 ft agl completed in 72 seconds and scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the height was good and the threshold speed was good at 43 kt.
Touchdown occurred 223 m down the runway at a speed of 35 kt, with a touchdown rate of -59 fpm rated excellent and runway touchdown alignment perfect.
Rollout continued with a total landing distance of 312 m, representing 27 % of the 1,173 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
The 76.7 % score reflects a solid performance; maintaining the current descent profile and ensuring the touchdown point remains consistently near the aim point will further tighten the margin for improvement.
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