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EGAC
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elevation9 ft asl
Weight2,466 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

88.77 %
EGAA
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elevation262 ft asl
Weight2,466 kg
Fuel344 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
17 Oct 2026 0:10 13 nm Airbus H145 20 kg
Departure Score
96.34 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
69.97 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Approach — Fastest descent 1,873 fpm at 11 %, 29 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 46 %, −7.15 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 372 fpm at 57 %, −2.86 points
Departure Transition — Nose down by up to 17 ° at 88 %, −1.22 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose only a little and let the speed build; a steep nose-down attitude trades height for speed.

What happened: The nose went down by up to 17° to accelerate, where 15° is enough.

Watch for: Attitude: nose no lower than 15° while accelerating.

See Departure Transition

Arrival

Hold the descent to 800 fpm or less on the approach, so the landing starts from a rate that is already under control.

What happened: The approach reached 1,873 fpm of descent and the helicopter met the ground at 372 fpm. A steep approach leaves a lot of descent to stop in little height, and a firm touchdown is what usually follows.

Watch for: Vertical speed: no more than 800 fpm on the approach.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 8 stages, 8 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Transition 96.34Accelerated away from 4 kt to 61 kt, reaching 237 ft above the spot in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 1 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % Sank at up to 56 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
88 % Nose down by up to 17 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 171 ft33 ft min to max 239 ft 33 237 ft
Info Average ground speed 27 kt4 kt min to max 61 kt 4 61 kt
Info Average airspeed 17 kt2 kt min to max 41 kt 2 41 kt
Info Average VSI 464 fpm-56 fpm min to max 682 fpm 340 -56 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -8.2 °-17.4 ° min to max 2.3 ° 0.7 -17.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.4 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.05 g 0.98 0.97 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast (City of Belfast, Northern Ireland). Climbing from 251 ft asl to 1,937 ft asl, an increase of 1,686 ft in 5 minutes and covering 7 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kt46 kt min to max 112 kt 46 98 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.6 °0.1 ° min to max 23.5 ° 0.7 0.2 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.00 g0.77 g min to max 1.35 g 1.02 1.01 g
Info Average VSI 366 fpm-605 fpm min to max 1,438 fpm -156 283 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,106 ft asl120 ft asl min to max 1,937 ft asl 251 1,937 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.6 °-16.8 ° min to max 1.2 ° -13.6 -5.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles south of Templepatrick (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±597 ft of 1,970 ft asl1,901 ft asl min to max 2,083 ft asl 1,942 1,987 ft asl
100 % Average speed 97 kt96 kt min to max 100 kt 98 100 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.3 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.77 g min to max 1.23 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -5.4 °-7.2 ° min to max -4.8 ° -5.1 -6.8 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south west of Templepatrick (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland). Descent from 1,976 ft asl to 1,142 ft asl, a decrease of 834 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 96 kt79 kt min to max 104 kt 100 79 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.8 °0.2 ° min to max 14.1 ° 0.6 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.11 g 1.03 1.08 g
Info Average VSI -564 fpm-849 fpm min to max -54 fpm -672 -599 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,609 ft asl1,142 ft asl min to max 1,976 ft asl 1,976 1,142 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.8 °-6.7 ° min to max -2.0 ° -6.6 -2.2 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of EGAA Belfast International Airport Belfast (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland) and lasted 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±557 ft of 1,179 ft asl1,122 ft asl min to max 1,384 ft asl 1,134 1,150 ft asl
100 % Average speed 75 kt71 kt min to max 80 kt 78 80 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.7 °0.0 ° min to max 15.0 ° 0.2 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g0.70 g min to max 1.20 g 1.05 0.99 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -2.2 °-8.2 ° min to max -1.3 ° -2.1 -6.8 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started overhead EGAA Belfast International Airport Belfast (Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland). Descent from 1,130 ft asl to 773 ft asl, a decrease of 357 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 66 kt40 kt min to max 82 kt 81 40 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.94 g min to max 1.13 g 1.03 1.02 g
Info Average VSI -750 fpm-1,198 fpm min to max -240 fpm -1,192 -1,198 fpm
Info Average altitude 976 ft asl773 ft asl min to max 1,130 ft asl 1,130 773 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °-6.0 ° min to max 5.0 ° -6.0 5.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 57.10The approach began 484 ft above the landing spot at 32 kt and slowed to 13 kt in 79 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 7 °Full marks up to 20 °
11 % Fastest descent 1,873 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
46 % 29 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 10 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 320 ft15 ft min to max 484 ft 484 15 ft
Info Average ground speed 24 kt9 kt min to max 42 kt 32 13 kt
Info Average airspeed 24 kt5 kt min to max 41 kt 38 5 kt
Info Average VSI -359 fpm-1,873 fpm min to max 515 fpm -1,201 -203 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.5 °-5.9 ° min to max 10.1 ° 3.8 7.6 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.0 ° min to max 6.8 ° 0.8 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.80 g min to max 1.55 g 0.99 0.96 g
020040060001,0002,0003,000Steepest, 1,873 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 82.84Touched down at 372 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
57 % Touched down at 372 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 9 ft 9 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 7 kt0 kt min to max 14 kt 14 0 kt
Info Average VSI -244 fpm-372 fpm min to max 0 fpm -360 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °0.2 ° min to max 10.9 ° 2.9 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.4 °0.1 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.0 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.06 g0.70 g min to max 1.49 g 0.70 0.98 g

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off56 fpm
87.80Nose down17°

Approach

10.60Steepest descent1,873 fpm
46.40Slow and sinking29 %
100.00Bank7°
100.00Nose up10°

Touchdown

57.10Rate at contact372 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach57.10

020040060001,0002,0003,000Steepest, 1,873 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

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Flight narrative

The flight was conducted in an Airbus H145. After accelerating from 4 kt to 61 kt, the aircraft reached 237 ft above the spot in 34 seconds.

During the climb phase the helicopter rose from 251 ft asl to 1 937 ft asl in 5 minutes while covering 7 nm, beginning overhead EGAC George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast.

Cruise was a level segment at 2 000 ft asl for 1 minute, covering 2 nm, starting 2 miles south of Templepatrick.

Descent began from 1 976 ft asl and proceeded to 773 ft asl in 3 minutes, covering 4 nm. The descent started 1 mile south west of Templepatrick and included a brief level-off at 1 200 ft asl.

The approach started 484 ft above the landing spot at 32 kt. Speed was reduced to 13 kt in 79 seconds while covering less than 1 nm. The aircraft touched down with a vertical speed of 372 fpm and a ground speed of 0 kt.

The total flight distance was 13 nm, the elapsed time 10 minutes, and fuel consumption was 20 kg.

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