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Hold a steady back pressure through rotation at 42 kt and let the aircraft fly off smoothly rather than forcing it off the ground.
What happened: A bounce on touchdown was recorded during the takeoff roll.
Watch for: Watch the pitch attitude and rotation speed against 42 kt to keep the liftoff smooth.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Carry more power on short final to hold 44 kt at the threshold instead of letting speed decay before the flare.
What happened: The threshold was crossed at 41 kt against a VREF of 44 kt, already below target, and the sink was fully arrested at 26 ft with speed continuing to bleed off - crossing the threshold slow like this usually carries forward into the aircraft settling on as the speed runs out, rather than flying onto the mains.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 44 kt on short final.
See Arrival Landing
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope 5.2° against the runway's 3°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,515 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,515 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 420 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied to runway 36 at O99 Olancha Strip Airport and commenced the departure roll. Takeoff was achieved after a ground run of 166 m, representing 27 % of the available runway, with liftoff occurring at 49 kt. Ambient conditions were 7 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 182°, no cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind.
Climb began approximately 1 mile north of O99, where the airplane rose from 4,656 ft asl to 5,780 ft asl, a gain of 1,124 ft in 2 minutes while covering 3 nm.
Level cruise was established 4 nm north of O99 and was maintained for 14 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 23 nm.
The final approach to runway 30 at O67 Manzanar Airport was executed from the southeast, on a heading of 315.0°, at 3 nm distance and 1,520 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30 at O67 was performed on a runway 1,515 m long. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 42 kt. Touchdown occurred after 417 m of rollout, at a speed of 38 kt and a descent rate of minus 94 fpm, with alignment described as very good. Local weather remained 7 °C, wind 2 kt from 182°, cross-wind 1 kt and tail-wind 1 kt. The total landing distance recorded was 518 m, equivalent to 34 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as perfect.
In total, the flight covered 30nm, required 22 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The aircraft Savage Cub entered the final approach to runway 30 at O67 Manzanar Airport from the south-east on a heading of 315.0 ° at 3 nm and 1,520 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable: off the glideslope.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft established a good threshold height and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 42 kt.
Touchdown occurred 417 m down the runway with a speed of 38 kt, which was a little fast, and the vertical rate was excellent at minus 94 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance was 518 m, representing 34 % of the 1,515 m runway, and rollout alignment was perfect.
With a final score of 93.5 % the landing was strong; focus on maintaining a stabilized approach within the glideslope and reducing touchdown speed to the target value to tighten the already high performance.
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