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Departure
Use smoother, smaller aileron inputs to keep the wings level and hold bank angle near wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the climb, bank angle rose to 7.8°, more roll than the climb out called for.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: wings level during the climb
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 7.9 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 7.9 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 599 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 599 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 81 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Kodiak 100 taxied from the parking area to runway 28 at AYYD Yatoam Airstrip; the taxi-out required 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 28, achieving a takeoff distance of 359 m (60 % of the runway) and lifting off at 68 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 26 °C, wind 2 kt from 0°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Climb began overhead AYYD Yatoam Airstrip, ascending from 2,259 ft asl to 3,860 ft asl - a gain of 1,601 ft - in 1 minutes while covering 2 nm.
Level cruise was established 2 miles north-west of AYYD Yatoam Airstrip and persisted for 3 minutes, during which 5 nm were flown.
Final approach to runway 10 at AYYD Yatoam Airstrip was flown from the west, on a heading of 108.0° at 0 nm and 126 ft agl.
Landing on runway 10, whose length is 599 m, occurred with a threshold speed slightly below target at 60 kt. Touchdown distance measured 78 m, touchdown speed was 55 kt and the touchdown rate was minus 358 fpm. The touchdown point was offset 8.0 m from the centreline. Local weather remained temperature 26 °C, wind 2 kt from 0°, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind. Total landing distance was recorded as 418 m, representing 70 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was noted as slightly off centreline by 7.9 m.
In total, the flight covered 8 nm, taking 6 and used 15 kg of fuel.
The aircraft approached runway 10 at AYYD Yatoam Airstrip from the west on a heading of 108.0° while at 0 nm and 126 ft agl. Local weather was 26 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 0°, a 2 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind component.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and the threshold speed was a little below target at 60 kt. The touchdown distance was good at 78 m and the touchdown speed at 55 kt was good, while the touchdown rate was firm at minus 358 fpm.
Touchdown occurred with the aircraft positioned 8.0 m off the centreline. The total landing distance measured 418 m, representing 70 % of the 599 m runway length.
Rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 7.9 m from the centreline.
Minor refinements to centreline tracking on final approach and during rollout will bring the touchdown and rollout positions within tighter tolerances, supporting the already strong overall score.
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