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Flight Score
Hold the cruise
Enroute Level scored 71.55 % — bank angle up to 71.1 ° at 38 %, g force 0.53 to 2.07 g at 84 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 95.07 %.
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Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 in the score
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 109 kt with 5.0° 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 971 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 1,788 ft of runway left; then climbing at 920 fpm on average to 971 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 6,506 ft runway.
Rolled from 254 ft in, drifted 14 ft right of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 48 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 60 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 1.4 nm, never more than 560 ft off the centreline.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.4 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +48 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 2 kt · 2 kt head · 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 4,798 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 10 ft, 40 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,150 ft in, 150 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 4,798 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.
The sink went from 30 fpm at 8 ft to 60 fpm at 8 ft, then back up to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.9° 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 4,798 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 7 ft of it down 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 1,150 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.14 G arrival bounced 3 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 17R at KHND Henderson Executive Airport. The Spitfire Mk IX aircraft accelerated down the runway, covering a distance of 3,117 feet, which was 48% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was achieved at 110 knots, marking the start of the aircraft's ascent into the sky.
As the aircraft climbed, it began to ascend from an altitude of 3,438 feet above sea level to 4,482 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,043 feet in just 1 minute. This climb phase covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. Following the initial climb, the aircraft transitioned into a level cruise, maintaining an altitude of 4,482 feet above sea level for 2 minutes while covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 6 miles north of KHEN Henderson Airport, where the aircraft descended from 4,838 feet above sea level to 2,698 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,140 feet in 2 minutes. This descent phase covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, this time lasting 3 minutes and covering a distance of 3 nautical miles, while flying 1 mile west of 61B Boulder City Mun Airport.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its final approach to runway 27 at KBVU Boulder City Mun Airport. The approach was made from the east, with the aircraft flying at a heading of 280.0 degrees at an altitude of 282 feet above ground level, 1 nautical mile from the runway. The landing was made on the runway, which was 4,798 feet long, with a good threshold height.
However, the touchdown speed was excessively high at 104 knots, and the touchdown point was 253 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed of 88 knots was also faster than ideal, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -116 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 61 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 2 knots from 270 degrees. There was no crosswind, but a headwind of 2 knots was present. The total landing distance was 3,337 feet, which was 70% of the runway's length. The total flight distance was 21 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 11 minutes. The aircraft used 76 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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