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The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 55 kt with 3.5° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 175 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 320 m of runway left; then climbing at 500 fpm on average to 175 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.
Plan view the roll down the 911 m runway.
Rolled from 66 m in, never more than 1 m off the centreline. 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
6 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 63 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, 5° of bank.
Wind 080° at 7 kt · 3 kt head · 6 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.
From 68 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 13 s, an average deceleration of 0.15 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 46 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 400 m in, 95 m past 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.
The sink went from 670 fpm at 46 ft to 290 fpm at touchdown. 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 full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 15 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 7.6 m right 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 400 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway at CYAV Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport, taking approximately 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 36, with a takeoff distance of 387 meters, which was 42% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 56 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 174 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 3 knots. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting overhead CYAV Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport, which lasted less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The enroute climb began overhead CYAV Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport, with the aircraft ascending from 1,107 feet above sea level to 1,760 feet above sea level, an increase of 652 feet in 2 minutes, covering 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 2 miles west of CYAV Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport, which lasted 23 minutes and covered 108 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its descent, starting 3 miles northeast of CYBR Brandon Municipal Airport. The descent was from 2,485 feet above sea level to 1,415 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,069 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles. The final approach to landing was made at Brandon Municipal Airport, with the aircraft descending from 73 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level in 10 seconds.
The touchdown speed was a little fast at 63 knots, but the touchdown rate was fair at -293 feet per minute, and the touchdown distance was good at 400 meters. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 7 knots at 80 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking approximately 1 minute and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 114 nautical miles, taking 31 minutes, and the aircraft used 34 kilograms of fuel.
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