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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 82 kt with 4.1° 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 841 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft at the runway end; then climbing at 1,040 fpm on average to 841 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 742 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 4.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 4.4 m left. Airborne 69 % 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 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 170 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, 305 m 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 8× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 47 m 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.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +10 kt and +39 kt on the approach speed of 76 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
Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° left of the track, wings level.
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 27 ft, 23 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 310 m in, close to 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 26 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 110 fpm before coming down at 190 fpm to touch. The nose came up 2.5° 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 first 1,524 m of the 1,554 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 7.2 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 8.9 m left at the widest.
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 310 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.40 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Pesim FPV Drone Racer taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Colville Municipal Airport, which took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 19, and the takeoff distance was 564 meters, accounting for 76% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 83 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 4°C temperature and a 2-knot wind at 315°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 0 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Colville, where the aircraft ascended from 2,734 feet above sea level to 9,551 feet, an increase of 6,818 feet in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the enroute level cruise began 4 miles southeast of Magee Creek Aerodrome Rice, lasting 72 minutes and covering 224 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent 2 miles north of Shaniko Ranch Airport, where it descended from 9,146 feet to 6,588 feet, a decrease of 2,558 feet in 3 minutes, covering 10 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed 1 mile southwest of Shaniko Cattle Airport, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 6 miles southwest of the airport, descending from 6,299 feet to 3,544 feet, a decrease of 2,755 feet in 5 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16 at S33 City-Co was made from the north, heading 179.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,109 feet above ground level. The landing took place on a runway with a length of 1,554 meters, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was well above the target at 86 knots, while the touchdown distance was good at 307 meters. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 78 knots, and the touchdown rate was good at -193 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.2 meters from the centreline, and the local weather conditions were 3°C temperature and a 1-knot wind at 180°. The crosswind was 0 knots, while the headwind was 1 knot. The total landing distance was 569 meters, accounting for 37% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.9 meters from the centreline.
The flight concluded with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, which took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 269 nautical miles, taking 95 minutes, and the aircraft used 46 kilograms of fuel.
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