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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Smooth the climb
Pull to 15 degrees at one rate and you get a clean liftoff, pull to the same 15 degrees at twice the rate and you get an overshoot, a push, and an oscillation through the first few hundred feet. The type-general rule of thumb is a rotation rate of about 2 to 3 degrees per second, which means roughly five to seven seconds from starting the pull to reaching the initial climb attitude of around 15 degrees nose-up. Count it out loud during your next takeoff and you will almost certainly discover you have been rotating in two seconds flat.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 39 kt with 11.6° 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 62 ft.
Reached 35 ft 909 ft past the runway end.
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 1,790 ft runway.
Rolled from 842 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 15 ft at the widest, and lifted off 11 ft left, in 13 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 67 % 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 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, 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 1,310 ft left of the centreline at 0.7 nm, then inside the band from 0.3 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 +2 kt and +7 kt on the approach speed of 55 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
11 kt across from the left, which takes about 13° of crab to hold the centreline at 51 kt. Touched down with 13° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 328° at 13 kt · 6 kt head · 11 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.
Side view — the last 1,763 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 15 ft, 35 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,046 ft in, close to 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 1,763 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 30 fpm and 100 fpm from 13 ft to the runway. The pitch barely changed.
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 1,763 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline.
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 1,046 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 10 at Middle Bass Island Airport, where the aircraft, a DV20, took off with a takeoff distance of 520 feet, which accounted for 29% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 39 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 54 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 17 knots from a direction of 326 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 13 knots and a tailwind of 11 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Middle Bass Island Airport, rising from an altitude of 642 feet above sea level to 1,112 feet, an increase of 470 feet in just one minute, while covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. Following this, the aircraft entered a level cruise, lasting for 2 minutes and covering another 2 nautical miles, starting 1 mile north of Put In Bay Airport.
The final approach to runway 03 at Put In Bay Airport was initiated from the southwest, with the aircraft heading at 33.0 degrees and at an altitude of 108 feet above ground level. The landing was made on the runway, which had a length of 1,763 feet, with a good threshold height. The threshold speed was slightly above the target speed at 60 knots.
The touchdown point was located very far down the runway, using more than 50% of the available runway. The touchdown speed was a little fast at 51 knots, but the touchdown rate was excellent at -76 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect. At the time of landing, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 54 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 327 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 12 knots and a headwind of 6 knots.
The total flight distance was 4 nautical miles, and the flight lasted for 6 minutes, during which the aircraft used 2 pounds of fuel.
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