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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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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,817 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 159 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 taxied to runway 23 at EGPE Inverness Airport and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft achieved a take-off distance of 316 m, representing 17 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 65 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, providing a 2 kt headwind and a 1 kt crosswind component.
After liftoff the aircraft entered a right-hand pattern for runway 23, covering a distance of 2 nm in 12 seconds.
The subsequent right-hand crosswind leg of the pattern was flown from runway 23, extending less than 1 nm and completed in 8 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft travelled 2 nm while turning to a 45-degree angle to the runway, the turn angle measured at 14.1°.
The downwind leg that followed was less than 1 nm in length and was flown for 12 seconds.
The final approach to runway 05 at EGPE Inverness Airport involved a descent from 813 ft AGL to 26 ft AGL over a period of 78 seconds, and the aircraft met the stabilisation gates criteria.
Landing was executed on runway 05, whose length is 1,817 m. The threshold height was satisfactory and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 62 kt. Touchdown occurred 157 m down the runway at a speed of 50 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 89 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 3.4 m from the centreline. Weather at the time remained 15 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, providing a 1 kt crosswind and a 2 kt tailwind component.
In total the flight covered 7 nm, required 4 minutes, and consumed 2 kg of fuel.
The Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 executed a final approach to runway 05 at EGPE Inverness Airport, descending from 813 ft AGL to 26 ft AGL in 78 seconds and scoring on the stabilisation gates; the overall landing score was 94.3 %.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold height, while the threshold speed was slightly below target at 62 kt.
Touchdown occurred 157 m down the runway at a speed of 50 kt, with an excellent vertical rate of minus 89 fpm; the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.4 m from the centreline.
To bring the performance closer to the target, the crew should aim to achieve the specified threshold speed of 63 kt and refine the final-approach alignment to reduce the lateral offset to within one metre of the centreline.
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