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Hold the cruise
Enroute Level scored 93.60 % — bank angle up to 48.0 ° at 84 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 96.74 %.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 92 kt with 2.0° 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 278 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 6,153 ft of runway left; then climbing at 820 fpm on average to 278 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 7,763 ft runway.
Rolled from 197 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 8 ft at the widest, and lifted off 8 ft left. Airborne 16 % 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 0.5 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 80 ft above 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 450 ft left of the centreline at 0.5 nm.
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 −7 kt and +10 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
4 kt across from the right, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 71 kt. Touched down with 1° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 072° at 17 kt · 16 kt head · 4 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 58 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 8 s, an average deceleration of 0.21 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,047 ft in, 1,047 ft past 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 5,000 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.
From 24 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 490 fpm before coming down at 20 fpm to touch. The nose came up 3.6° 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 first 5,000 ft of the 7,763 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 13 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 13 ft left at the widest.
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.
Touched down 2,047 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight was conducted in a DA62 aircraft, taking off from runway 04 at PHNG Kaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) Airport. The taxiing process from the parking area to the runway was extremely brief, lasting less than a minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
Upon departure, the aircraft accelerated down the runway, reaching liftoff speed of 93 kt at a distance of 1,106 ft, which accounted for 14% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 84 °F, with a wind speed of 16 kt blowing at 63°. This resulted in a 3 kt crosswind and a 16 kt headwind.
Following a brief enroute level cruise that lasted 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile, the aircraft began its final approach to runway 04. The approach was initiated from the southwest, with the aircraft heading at 53.0° and flying at an altitude of 79 ft above ground level (agl) at 0 nm from the runway.
The landing was executed smoothly, with the aircraft touching down at a speed of 71 kt and a rate of -19 fpm, which was considered perfect. However, the touchdown point was slightly misaligned with the runway centerline by 14 ft. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 83 °F and a wind speed of 17 kt blowing at 71°, resulting in a 6 kt crosswind and a 16 kt headwind.
The total landing distance was 2,545 ft, which accounted for 33% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The total flight distance was 2 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 5 minutes, with no fuel being consumed during the flight.
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