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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 64 kt with 1.3° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 543 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 549 m of runway left; then climbing at 440 fpm on average to 543 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.
Plan view the roll down the 1,225 m runway.
Rolled from 86 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 8 m at the widest, and lifted off 6 m left. Airborne 41 % 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 0 kt tail · 0 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.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 49 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 501 m in, 196 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.
From 49 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 320 fpm before coming down at 190 fpm to touch. The nose came up 7.1° 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 full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 18 m left of the centreline, and steered back to 7.6 m left by the end of the rollout.
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 501 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.56 G arrival bounced 8 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 32 at LFEY Île d'Yeu Airport, where the Icon A5 aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 451 meters, which is 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 65 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees, resulting in a negligible crosswind and headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb 1 mile northwest of LFEY Île d'Yeu Airport. The climb was steep, with the aircraft rising from an altitude of 637 feet above sea level to 3,245 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,609 feet, in just 2 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 2 miles northwest of the airport, descending from 3,263 feet above sea level to 1,804 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,459 feet, in the same 2-minute period and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to landing was made from 1 nautical mile to 1 nautical mile at an altitude of 1,781 feet above ground level, with the aircraft approaching the touchdown point 4 miles east of LFEY Île d'Yeu Airport. The descent from 49 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level was completed in just 12 seconds. However, the touchdown speed of 68 knots was excessively fast, although the touchdown rate of -194 feet per minute was good.
The touchdown point was 265 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the aircraft then began its landing rollout, covering a distance of 370 meters. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, taking just 1 minute and covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 9 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 9 minutes, during which the aircraft used 2 kilograms of fuel. The local weather conditions remained the same throughout the flight, with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270 degrees.
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