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LOWZ
Zell am See, Austria
Elevation2,309 ft asl
Weight2,515 kg
Fuel363 kg
Wind194° · 1 kn

Flight Score

75.96 %
LOWZ
Zell am See, Austria
Elevation2,319 ft asl
Weight2,488 kg
Fuel312 kg
Wind194° · 1 kn
8 Sep 2026 0:07 4 nm Airbus H145 51 kg
Departure Score
73.68 %
Enroute Score
90.30 %
Arrival Score
63.91 %

What went well

Hover height held within 1 ft
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Departure Transition — Sank at up to 500 fpm while accelerating away at 20 %, Nose down by up to 21 ° at 72 %, −4.93 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 639 fpm at 0 %, Sideways at touchdown 1.6 kt at 84 %, −4.10 points
Arrival Touchdown — Touched down at 571 fpm at 7 %, Forward at touchdown 11.2 kt at 59 %, −3.95 points

Next time

Departure

Keep the disc level with small cyclic pressures instead of large corrections that have to be taken back out.

What happened: The steepest bank in the hover after lift-off was 12°; a steady hover stays within 6°.

Watch for: The horizon level across the windscreen.

See Departure Hover

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 9.5% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast together, and it met the ground at 639 fpm. A slow, fast descent is hard to stop with collective, and a firm touchdown usually follows.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you push the cyclic forward, the rotor's lift tilts forward and less of it supports the helicopter. Until you reach effective translational lift, the helicopter will tend to sink, so add a little collective as the cyclic goes forward, and accelerate gently.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 9 stages, 9 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 Hover 76.30Lifted into the hover and held it for 7 seconds, on average 7 ft above the spot, moving 68 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
69 % Moved over the ground at 8.1 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
100 % Height held within 1 ftFull marks within 4 ft
57 % Steepest bank 12 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 7 ft5 ft min to max 7 ft 5 7 ft
Info Average ground speed 8 kt1 kt min to max 14 kt 1 14 kt
Info Average VSI 25 fpm22 fpm min to max 30 fpm 24 30 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.8 °-5.1 ° min to max -0.5 ° -0.5 -0.9 °
Info Average bank angle 9.0 °6.9 ° min to max 12.0 ° 7.2 12.0 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g1.00 g min to max 1.03 g 1.00 1.03 g
50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
024680 s2 s4 s6 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 6.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 55.61Accelerated away from 17 kt to 61 kt, reaching 170 ft above the spot in 34 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
86 % Steepest bank 19 °Full marks up to 15 °
20 % Sank at up to 500 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
72 % Nose down by up to 21 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 61 ft8 ft min to max 223 ft 8 170 ft
Info Average ground speed 38 kt7 kt min to max 61 kt 17 61 kt
Info Average airspeed 25 kt1 kt min to max 42 kt 7 42 kt
Info Average VSI 401 fpm-500 fpm min to max 1,446 fpm 40 -425 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -7.5 °-20.5 ° min to max -0.9 ° -0.9 -13.5 °
Info Average bank angle 12.0 °0.4 ° min to max 19.1 ° 11.9 3.9 °
Info Average g force 1.11 g0.79 g min to max 1.29 g 1.03 1.02 g
Enroute Climb 99.99Enroute climb started overhead LOWZ Zell am See Airfield Zell am See (Salzburg, Austria). Climbing from 2,486 ft asl to 3,135 ft asl, an increase of 649 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 78 kt45 kt min to max 88 kt 46 59 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.6 °0.0 ° min to max 30.8 ° 13.4 0.4 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.08 g0.79 g min to max 1.41 g 1.04 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 126 fpm-1,014 fpm min to max 1,650 fpm -474 247 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,494 ft asl2,361 ft asl min to max 3,135 ft asl 2,486 3,135 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-15.2 ° min to max 6.8 ° -13.6 -1.7 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 80.61Enroute level cruise started overhead LOWZ Zell am See Airfield Zell am See (Salzburg, Austria) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±657 ft of 3,113 ft asl2,891 ft asl min to max 3,184 ft asl 3,139 2,891 ft asl
100 % Average speed 73 kt60 kt min to max 84 kt 60 82 kt
52 % Average bank angle 14.1 °0.0 ° min to max 63.9 ° 0.1 25.8 °
97 % Average g force 1.07 g0.98 g min to max 1.60 g 1.00 1.37 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -3.9 °-11.3 ° min to max -1.7 ° -1.8 -6.0 °
Arrival Approach 57.54The approach began 490 ft above the landing spot at 91 kt and slowed to 17 kt in 2.3 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
56 % Steepest bank 31 °Full marks up to 20 °
0 % Fastest descent 2,093 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
100 % 4 % 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 %
82 % Nose up by up to 18 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 36 ft5 ft min to max 490 ft 490 11 ft
Info Average ground speed 35 kt3 kt min to max 94 kt 91 17 kt
Info Average airspeed 27 kt1 kt min to max 89 kt 83 20 kt
Info Average VSI -61 fpm-2,093 fpm min to max 643 fpm -2,093 -318 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -1.3 °-24.1 ° min to max 17.7 ° -5.7 17.7 °
Info Average bank angle 8.3 °0.0 ° min to max 31.1 ° 13.7 5.9 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g0.67 g min to max 1.28 g 1.28 0.95 g
020040060002,0004,0006,0008,000Steepest, 2,093 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 52.56Touched down at 571 fpm with 11 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
7 % Touched down at 571 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
59 % Forward at touchdown 11.2 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 10 ft 10 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 10 kt2 kt min to max 17 kt 17 2 kt
Info Average VSI -394 fpm-510 fpm min to max -236 fpm -326 -236 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 10.2 °-7.1 ° min to max 21.1 ° 18.3 -5.6 °
Info Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.7 ° 5.7 0.4 °
Info Average g force 1.11 g0.94 g min to max 1.95 g 0.95 0.97 g
020406080-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 100 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 571 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 11.2 kt, straight ahead. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.
Departure Transition 89.14Accelerated away from 18 kt to 4 kt, reaching 67 ft above the spot in 13 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 7 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
64 % Nose down by up to 22 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 39 ft25 ft min to max 67 ft 25 67 ft
Info Average ground speed 20 kt4 kt min to max 27 kt 18 4 kt
Info Average airspeed 13 kt5 kt min to max 20 kt 8 5 kt
Info Average VSI 184 fpm75 fpm min to max 488 fpm 148 286 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -9.1 °-22.2 ° min to max -3.5 ° -4.0 -20.4 °
Info Average bank angle 4.7 °1.2 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.6 4.6 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.84 g min to max 1.17 g 1.01 0.84 g
Arrival Approach 94.69The approach began 65 ft above the landing spot at 4 kt and slowed to 19 kt in 12 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 5 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 569 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
90 % 9 % 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 %
88 % Nose up by up to 17 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 45 ft14 ft min to max 65 ft 65 14 ft
Info Average ground speed 23 kt4 kt min to max 34 kt 4 19 kt
Info Average airspeed 16 kt4 kt min to max 25 kt 4 22 kt
Info Average VSI -186 fpm-569 fpm min to max 22 fpm 22 -569 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -3.5 °-19.0 ° min to max 16.8 ° -19.0 16.8 °
Info Average bank angle 1.6 °0.5 ° min to max 5.1 ° 1.4 1.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.80 g min to max 1.10 g 0.97 1.04 g
02040600200400Steepest, 569 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 50.86Touched down at 639 fpm with 7 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Touched down at 639 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
84 % Sideways at touchdown 1.6 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
85 % Forward at touchdown 7.2 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 4 ft 4 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 11 kt7 kt min to max 16 kt 16 7 kt
Info Average VSI -500 fpm-639 fpm min to max -361 fpm -639 -361 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 3.9 °0.0 ° min to max 7.7 ° 7.7 0.0 °
Info Average bank angle 1.9 °0.2 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.6 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.10 g0.99 g min to max 1.22 g 0.99 1.22 g
020406080-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 100 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 639 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 7.2 kt, 1.6 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

2 landings

Every landing in this flight

The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.

# Where Into flight Touchdown Ground speed Sideways On the ground
1 LOWZ · Zell am See Airfield 8:50 438 ft/min 5.0 kt 0.0 kt 3:08
2 LOWZ · Zell am See Airfield 12:28 639 ft/min 7.2 kt 1.6 kt End of flight

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Hover heightsteady within 1 ft
68.80Hover drift8.1 kt
57.40Hover bank12°
100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
63.80Nose down22°

Approach

The last approach of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Steepest descent569 fpm
90.10Slow and sinking9 %
100.00Bank5°
88.30Nose up17°

Touchdown

The last landing of 2 - each has its own stage above.

0.00Rate at contact639 fpm
84.40Sideways drift1.6 kt
85.30Forward speed7.2 kt

Landing 2 of 2

Hover, approach and touchdown

The last lift-off and the last landing. The other landing has the same drawings in its own stages above.

Hover76.30

50 ft100 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
024680 s2 s4 s6 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 6.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach94.69

02040600200400Steepest, 569 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.

Touchdown50.86

020406080-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 100 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 639 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 7.2 kt, 1.6 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 taxied to runway 08 at LOWZ Zell am See Airfield and commenced the departure roll, achieving a take-off distance of 539 m which represented 101 % of the runway length. Liftoff occurred at a speed of 9 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 24 °C, wind from 194° at 2 kt, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a tail-wind component of 1 kt.

The aircraft entered a left-hand pattern from runway 08, covering less than 1 nm in 2 seconds.

Subsequently, the left-hand pattern cross-wind leg was flown, also covering less than 1 nm, this time in 38 seconds.

During the pattern down-wind turn the aircraft traversed 1 nm while turning 45 degrees toward the runway, resulting in a heading change to 117.6°.

The down-wind leg was flown for a distance of 1 nm and required 125 seconds to complete.

For the final approach the aircraft was aligned with runway 08 from the north-west, maintaining a heading of 67.0° at 0 nm distance and an altitude of minus 116 ft AGL.

Touchdown occurred before the runway threshold at a speed of 18 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 449 fpm and a lateral deviation of 106.4 m from the centreline. Weather at the time of landing remained temperature 24 °C, wind from 194° at 1 kt, cross-wind 1 kt and tail-wind 1 kt.

After landing the aircraft taxied to parking, a movement that lasted 12 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

In total the flight covered 5 nm, lasted 7 (unspecified units) and consumed 51 kg of fuel.

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