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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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Taxi out
The roll
Liftoff and climb
Plan view the roll down the 2,512 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 3.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.4 m left, in 7 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 37 % 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.
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 941 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,344 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,820 fpm on average to 941 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.
Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.
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 grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 10 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° 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 52× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 4 m off the centreline.
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 31 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −2 kt and +29 kt on the approach speed of 125 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
Excellent landing flare
Touchdown
Rollout
Taxi in
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 39 ft, 11 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 445 m in, 140 m past 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 650 fpm at 37 ft to 390 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.4° on the way down. Into 37 ft at 124 kt, on the 125 kt approach speed, and 116 kt at touchdown.
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 2,722 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 0.9 m of it down the rollout. Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 180° at 10 kt · 9 kt head · 2 kt across
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 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.
The 445 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.
From 107 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 17 s, an average deceleration of 0.26 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.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The Airbus A320 then departed from runway 21 at Eindhoven Airport (EHEH), with a takeoff distance of 1,132 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 151 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 16°C and wind blowing at 16 knots from 179°. The crosswind was 9 knots, while the headwind was 13 knots. After departing from Eindhoven, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took the aircraft up to 11,899 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered 24 nautical miles, took 6 minutes and involved an increase of 10,764 feet in altitude.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, which lasted for 6 minutes and covered 32 nautical miles. This phase of the flight took place 1 mile north-east of Rijsbergen, a location in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 1 mile south-west of Heffen, a location in Flanders, Belgium. During this phase, the aircraft descended from 11,833 feet to 1,394 feet above sea level, a decrease of 10,439 feet in 9 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached Brussels Airport (EBBR), it began its final approach to runway 19 from the north, heading 194.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and 1,239 feet above ground level. The local weather conditions at Brussels Airport were characterized by a temperature of 13°C and wind blowing at 10 knots from 180°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 10 knots.
The aircraft landed on runway 19, which had a length of 2,722 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 124 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 445 meters, and the touchdown speed was 116 knots, which was also satisfactory. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -258 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect after the aircraft came to a stop.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, a process that took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 69 nautical miles, and the flight took 35 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 1,514 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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