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EGNM
Leeds, England
Elevation658 ft asl
Weight1,577 kg
Fuel196 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn

Flight Score

76.27 %
EGCJ
Selby, England
Elevation31 ft asl
Weight1,477 kg
Fuel92 kg
Wind269° · 2 kn
6 Oct 2026 0:25 37 nm Bell 407 104 kg
Departure Score
51.88 %
Enroute Score
98.81 %
Arrival Score
78.11 %

What went well

No sideways movement at touchdown

What held you back

Departure Transition — Sank at up to 719 fpm while accelerating away at 0 %, bank angle up to 31.9 ° at 44 %, −8.28 points
Departure Hover — bank angle up to 24.2 ° at 0 %, Height held within 14 ft at 18 %, −7.76 points
Arrival Approach — 62 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 0 %, −3.71 points

Next time

Departure

Keep the disc level with small cyclic pressures instead of large corrections that have to be taken back out.

What happened: The steepest bank in the hover after lift-off was 24°; a steady hover stays within 6°.

Watch for: The horizon level across the windscreen.

See Departure Hover

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 62% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast together, and it met the ground at 415 fpm. A slow, fast descent is hard to stop with collective, and a firm touchdown usually follows.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival ApproachArrival Touchdown

As you push the cyclic forward, the rotor's lift tilts forward and less of it supports the helicopter. Until you reach effective translational lift, the helicopter will tend to sink, so add a little collective as the cyclic goes forward, and accelerate gently.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 10 stages, 10 scored

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Hover 53.45Lifted into the hover and held it for 7.1 minutes, on average 13 ft above the spot, moving 649 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Moved over the ground at 0.9 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
18 % Height held within 14 ftFull marks within 4 ft
0 % Steepest bank 24 °Full marks up to 6 °
68 % Lowest rotor RPM 93 %Full marks down to 97 %
100 % Highest torque 63 %Full marks up to 100 %
Info Average height above the spot 13 ft3 ft min to max 49 ft 5 49 ft
Info Average ground speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 19 kt 0 2 kt
Info Average VSI 6 fpm-149 fpm min to max 537 fpm -2 270 fpm
Info Average collective 49 %49 % min to max 68 % 49 67 %
Info Average pitch angle -0.1 °-14.2 ° min to max 18.7 ° -0.2 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 3.6 °0.0 ° min to max 24.2 ° 3.0 3.5 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.85 g min to max 1.32 g 0.99 1.05 g
200 ft400 ft600 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s100 s200 s300 s400 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 12.8 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 50.31Accelerated away from 2 kt to 62 kt, reaching 155 ft above the spot in 20 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
44 % Steepest bank 32 °Full marks up to 15 °
0 % Sank at up to 719 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
62 % Nose down by up to 23 °Full marks up to 15 °
93 % Lowest rotor RPM 96 %Full marks down to 97 %
100 % Highest torque 62 %Full marks up to 100 %
Info Average height above the spot 95 ft50 ft min to max 242 ft 50 155 ft
Info Average ground speed 6 kt0 kt min to max 62 kt 2 62 kt
Info Average airspeed 1 kt0 kt min to max 27 kt 0 27 kt
Info Average VSI 471 fpm-719 fpm min to max 1,260 fpm 283 -719 fpm
Info Average collective 66 %65 % min to max 67 % 67 65 %
Info Average pitch angle -2.7 °-22.6 ° min to max 4.1 ° -0.2 -15.1 °
Info Average bank angle 5.4 °2.4 ° min to max 31.9 ° 3.5 18.3 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.85 g min to max 1.12 g 1.05 1.01 g
Enroute Level 99.85Enroute level cruise started overhead Yeadon (City and Borough of Leeds, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±544 ft of 972 ft asl782 ft asl min to max 1,190 ft asl 871 899 ft asl
100 % Average speed 84 kt33 kt min to max 110 kt 33 93 kt
100 % Average bank angle 9.4 °0.2 ° min to max 38.9 ° 7.4 0.2 °
99 % Average g force 1.01 g0.44 g min to max 1.38 g 1.15 0.82 g
Info Turn coordination -55-127 min to max 14 -127 -48
Info Average pitch angle -8.0 °-25.3 ° min to max 5.1 ° -16.2 -10.0 °
Enroute Climb 99.93Enroute climb started overhead Bramhope (City and Borough of Leeds, England). Climbing from 895 ft asl to 1,769 ft asl, an increase of 874 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 89 kt70 kt min to max 104 kt 93 103 kt
100 % Average bank angle 12.8 °0.1 ° min to max 33.2 ° 1.4 0.3 °
99 % Average g force 1.03 g0.67 g min to max 1.55 g 0.67 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 577 fpm-1,345 fpm min to max 2,598 fpm -419 -28 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,280 ft asl704 ft asl min to max 1,792 ft asl 895 1,769 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -5.8 °-15.1 ° min to max 5.9 ° -14.0 -8.7 °
Info Turn coordination -58-122 min to max 9 -89 -40
Enroute Level 2 98.46Enroute level cruise started 1 mile east of Pool (City and Borough of Leeds, England) and lasted 14 minutes, covering 27 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Altitude held within ±588 ft of 1,654 ft asl1,196 ft asl min to max 2,450 ft asl 1,769 2,181 ft asl
100 % Average speed 111 kt97 kt min to max 123 kt 103 122 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.0 °0.0 ° min to max 36.8 ° 0.5 8.9 °
99 % Average g force 1.00 g0.52 g min to max 2.43 g 0.99 2.43 g
Info Turn coordination -53-126 min to max 10 -54 -13
Info Average pitch angle -8.6 °-18.3 ° min to max 16.7 ° -8.6 16.7 °
Enroute Descent 94.70Enroute descent started overhead Kippax (City and Borough of Leeds, England). Descent from 2,220 ft asl to 1,193 ft asl, a decrease of 1,027 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 116 kt96 kt min to max 136 kt 119 136 kt
89 % Average bank angle 8.0 °0.1 ° min to max 45.6 ° 1.9 0.9 °
92 % Average g force 0.96 g-0.49 g min to max 2.65 g 1.35 0.95 g
Info Average VSI -684 fpm-3,789 fpm min to max 3,851 fpm 3,302 -2,111 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,900 ft asl1,193 ft asl min to max 2,425 ft asl 2,220 1,193 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -11.7 °-25.7 ° min to max 15.5 ° 15.5 -13.8 °
Info Turn coordination -44-127 min to max 43 17 -2
Enroute Level 3 99.97Enroute level cruise started 1 mile west of South Milford (North Yorkshire, England) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±558 ft of 937 ft asl787 ft asl min to max 1,159 ft asl 1,159 1,018 ft asl
100 % Average speed 95 kt31 kt min to max 136 kt 136 31 kt
100 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.1 ° min to max 9.1 ° 0.5 5.9 °
99.7 % Average g force 1.00 g0.71 g min to max 1.38 g 1.19 0.92 g
Info Turn coordination -21-56 min to max 19 7 -44
Info Average pitch angle -4.8 °-11.9 ° min to max 8.6 ° -11.9 0.7 °
Enroute Descent 2 99.97Enroute descent started overhead EGCJ Sherburn-In-Elmet Airfield Selby (North Yorkshire, England). Descent from 1,018 ft asl to 550 ft asl, a decrease of 468 ft in 1 minutes and covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 23 kt5 kt min to max 51 kt 29 51 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.5 °0.1 ° min to max 21.5 ° 4.1 11.2 °
99.7 % Average g force 1.01 g0.70 g min to max 1.38 g 0.94 1.28 g
Info Average VSI -712 fpm-1,498 fpm min to max 179 fpm -65 -897 fpm
Info Average altitude 831 ft asl550 ft asl min to max 1,018 ft asl 1,018 550 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -7.6 °-21.2 ° min to max 4.3 ° -0.0 4.3 °
Info Turn coordination -11-115 min to max 57 -45 25
Arrival Approach 77.74The approach began 498 ft above the landing spot at 57 kt and slowed to 2 kt in 84 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 14 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 638 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
0 % 62 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 14 °Full marks up to 15 °
94 % Lowest rotor RPM 96 %Full marks down to 97 %
100 % Highest torque 60 %Full marks up to 100 %
Info Average height above the spot 145 ft11 ft min to max 498 ft 498 11 ft
Info Average ground speed 4 kt1 kt min to max 57 kt 57 2 kt
Info Average airspeed 3 kt0 kt min to max 51 kt 51 0 kt
Info Average VSI -363 fpm-638 fpm min to max 53 fpm -638 -487 fpm
Info Average collective 35 %6 % min to max 43 % 9 38 %
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-1.3 ° min to max 14.2 ° 10.3 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 2.8 °0.9 ° min to max 13.9 ° 13.9 3.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.72 g min to max 1.23 g 1.08 1.01 g
020040060005001,000Steepest, 638 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 78.48Touched down at 415 fpm with 1 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
46 % Touched down at 415 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 1.4 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 10 ft 10 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 1 kt1 kt min to max 2 kt 2 2 kt
Info Average VSI -311 fpm-485 fpm min to max -70 fpm -485 -70 fpm
Info Average collective 35 %34 % min to max 38 % 38 34 %
Info Average rotor RPM 100 %100 % min to max 100 % 100 100 %
Info Average torque 53 %52 % min to max 55 % 53 53 %
Info Average pitch angle 2.5 °-0.7 ° min to max 5.7 ° -0.3 4.4 °
Info Average bank angle 2.1 °0.2 ° min to max 3.3 ° 3.3 0.9 °
Info Average g force 1.08 g1.00 g min to max 1.47 g 1.01 1.00 g
050100150-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 470 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 415 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 1.4 kt, 0.4 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

Lift-off & hover

18.10Hover heightsteady within 14 ft
100.00Hover drift0.9 kt
0.00Hover bank24°
0.00Sink moving off719 fpm
62.20Nose down23°

Approach

100.00Steepest descent638 fpm
0.00Slow and sinking62 %
100.00Bank14°
100.00Nose up14°

Touchdown

46.20Rate at contact415 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed1.4 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Hover53.45

200 ft400 ft600 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s100 s200 s300 s400 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 12.8 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach77.74

020040060005001,000Steepest, 638 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Touchdown78.48

050100150-15 s-10 s-5 scontactAbout 470 fpm down
Height above the ground, ft, against time to contact. It met the ground at 415 fpm.
5 kt1 ktNose
Movement over the ground at contact, nose up. 1.4 kt, 0.4 kt of it to the right. Inside the 1 kt ring sideways is full marks.

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Flight narrative

The Bell 407 entered a hover shortly after departure, remaining aloft for 7.1 minutes at an average altitude of 13 ft above the spot while drifting 649 ft over the ground. It then accelerated from 2 kt to 62 kt, climbing to 155 ft above the spot within 20 seconds.

During the climb phase the aircraft rose from 895 ft asl to 1,769 ft asl, an increase of 874 ft achieved in 1 minute while covering 2 nm, with the climb commencing overhead Bramhope.

The first level-cruise segment began overhead Yeadon and lasted 1 minute, during which the Bell 407 travelled 2 nm at a steady altitude.

A subsequent cruise segment started 1 mile east of Pool, persisting for 14 minutes and covering 27 nm while maintaining level flight.

The final cruise portion commenced 1 mile west of South Milford, lasting 1 minute and adding another 2 nm to the en-route distance.

The first descent segment started overhead Kippax, descending from 2,220 ft asl to 1,193 ft asl, a loss of 1,027 ft in 1 minute while covering 3 nm.

A second descent began over EGCJ Sherburn-In-Elmet Airfield Selby, dropping from 1,018 ft asl to 550 ft asl, a decrease of 468 ft in 1 minute and covering less than 1 nm.

The approach commenced 498 ft above the landing spot at 57 kt and decelerated to 2 kt over 84 seconds, traversing less than 1 nm before touchdown.

Touchdown occurred with a vertical speed of 415 fpm and a ground speed of 1 kt.

In total the Bell 407 flew 37 nm, the flight lasting 25 minutes and consuming 104 kg of fuel.

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