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Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 5.8°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
At the 300 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
three-point landing
Side view — the last 1,059 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,059 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 428 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight was conducted in a XCub aircraft, starting with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 6 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 10 at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport, with a takeoff distance of 193 meters, which accounted for 18% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was recorded at 49 knots.
The local weather conditions during the flight were characterized by a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 100 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 4 knots. The pilot then entered a left-hand pattern from runway 10, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 41 seconds. The subsequent left-hand pattern crosswind leg was completed in 27 seconds, with a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The pattern downwind leg was the longest, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile in 93 seconds. The final approach to runway 10 was made from the west, with a heading of 93.0 degrees at an altitude of 163 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway. The landing on runway 10 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 425 meters, which was considered good. The touchdown speed was recorded at 45 knots, and the touchdown rate was very hard at -506 feet per minute (fpm).
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions remained the same, with a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 4 knots at a direction of 100 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, and the headwind was 4 knots. The total landing distance was 627 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating a smooth and controlled landing.
The total flight distance was 3 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 6 minutes. The aircraft used approximately 1 kilogram of fuel during the flight. Overall, the flight was conducted under favorable weather conditions, and the pilot demonstrated good control and handling of the aircraft throughout the flight.
The XCub aircraft successfully landed at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport, achieving an overall score of 84.8%. The final approach to runway 10 was initiated from the west, with a heading of 93.0° at an altitude of 163 feet above ground level (agl) and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 45 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown distance of 425 meters was also satisfactory. However, the touchdown rate was quite high at -506 feet per minute (fpm), indicating a relatively hard landing. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, suggesting that the pilot maintained good control during the approach and landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 32°C and a wind speed of 4 knots from a direction of 100°. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 4 knots, which may have contributed to the high touchdown rate. The runway length at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport is 1,059 meters, and the aircraft landed at a distance of 627 meters from the threshold, which is 59% of the runway length.
During the rollout, the aircraft maintained a very good alignment with the runway, indicating that the pilot was able to control the aircraft effectively after touchdown. Overall, while there were some areas for improvement, such as the high touchdown rate, the XCub aircraft demonstrated good performance during the landing at KLNA Palm Beach County Park Airport.
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