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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 18 stages, 16 scored
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 500 ft gate: no landing flap set.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 362 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 362 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 117 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft departed from Detmold Airfield (EDLJ), taxiing from the parking area to the runway in under a minute, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll from runway 09 commenced, with the aircraft taking off in 253 meters, utilizing approximately 70% of the available runway. The liftoff speed was achieved at 75 knots. Local weather conditions at the time of departure included a temperature of 14°C, with a wind speed of 9 knots at 127°, resulting in a 6-knot crosswind and an 8-knot headwind.
The aircraft entered the left-hand traffic pattern from runway 09, completing the pattern in a timely manner. The downwind turn was executed at an angle of 53.4° to the runway, with the base leg turn following at an angle of 45.3°. The final approach to runway 09 was made from the west, with the aircraft descending to an altitude of 477 feet above ground level (agl) at a distance of 1 nautical mile from the runway threshold. The landing was executed with a threshold speed well above the target, at 80 knots. However, the touchdown point was excessively long, utilizing more than 75% of the available runway, and the touchdown speed was slightly fast at 79 knots. The touchdown rate was fair at -210 feet per minute (fpm).
The aircraft landed on runway 09, which had a length of 362 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 13 knots at 129°, resulting in a 9-knot crosswind and a 10-knot headwind. The total landing distance was 663 meters, which was 183% of the available runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 14.3 meters from the centreline. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, completing the flight in under a minute. The total flight distance was 7 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 4 minutes, and the aircraft utilized 3 kilograms of fuel.
The final approach to runway 09 at EDLJ Detmold Airfield from the west was initiated at 1 nm and 477 ft above ground level, heading 85.0°. The approach quality was satisfactory, with a good threshold height achieved. However, the threshold speed was well above the target, reaching 80 kt, which may indicate a slight over-control or a higher-than-expected airspeed.
As the aircraft touched down, it became apparent that the touchdown point was excessively long, utilizing more than 75% of the available runway. The touchdown speed of 79 kt was also a little fast, which may have contributed to the long touchdown distance. The touchdown rate of -210 fpm was fair, but not exceptional. Upon touchdown, the aircraft was slightly misaligned with the runway centreline by 3.1 m. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15 °C and a wind of 13 kt at 129°, contributed to a crosswind of 9 kt and a headwind of 10 kt.
The total landing distance of 663 m was 183% of the runway length, indicating a significant overrun. During the rollout phase, the aircraft remained slightly misaligned with the centreline by 14.3 m. Despite these minor issues, the overall landing performance was satisfactory, earning a score of 81.2%.
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