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Departure
Bring the nose up sooner, before reaching 48 kt, so the wheels leave the ground at the correct liftoff speed.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off fast at 76 kt, 28 kt above the target, and this pattern usually carries through into a climb speed that stays fast as well.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 92 kt in the climb
Arrival
Ease the pitch and add power earlier on final to arrest the descent rate before reaching the stabilisation gate.
What happened: On the approach, the aircraft's sink rate exceeded the stabilised gate limit, tripping a sink-rate fault at the gate check.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, stabilised descent rate approaching the gate
See Arrival Approach
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 12 stages, 12 scored
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: sink rate 1,178 fpm, more than the glideslope needed and centreline 2.0° off, against a 1° limit.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,224 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,224 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 86 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The CubCrafters CC-19 XCub taxied to runway 25 at EDX1 Hoherodskopf and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 390 m, representing 47 % of the runway, and lifted off at 76 kt. Local weather reported a temperature of 20 °C, wind 1 kt from 090°, crosswind 0 kt and a tailwind component of 1 kt.
Climb began one mile west of EDX1 Hoherodskopf Schotten, with the aircraft ascending from 2,413 ft asl to 3,680 ft asl. The altitude gain of 1,268 ft was achieved in 2 minutes while covering 5 nm.
Level cruise was initiated one mile north-west of Nidda and persisted for 3 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 6 nm at a constant altitude.
The first descent started three miles south-west of Schotten. During this segment the aircraft descended from 3,667 ft asl to 3,195 ft asl, a loss of 472 ft in 2 minutes while covering 3 nm.
A second descent commenced overhead Wolfersheim. The aircraft reduced altitude from 2,783 ft asl to 520 ft asl, a decrease of 2,263 ft achieved in 2 minutes over a distance of 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield involved a descent from 666 ft agl to -220 ft agl in 38 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield, whose length is 1,224 m, was performed with a threshold speed of 54 kt. Touchdown occurred 82 m down the runway at 48 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 142 fpm and perfect alignment. Local weather at the field was temperature 20 °C, wind 1 kt from 090°, crosswind 1 kt and headwind 0 kt. The total landing distance measured 276 m, equivalent to 23 % of the runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out along the centreline with perfect alignment.
In total the flight covered 20 nm, required 10 minutes, and consumed 4 kg of fuel.
The CubCrafters CC19 XCub entered the final approach to runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield and descended from 666 ft agl to -220 ft agl in 38 seconds, meeting the stabilisation-gate criteria and therefore being assessed as stabilised.
At threshold the aircraft presented a good threshold height and established a good threshold speed of 54 kt before initiating the flare.
Touchdown occurred 82 m down the runway at a good speed of 48 kt, with a smooth vertical rate of minus 142 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 276 m, representing 23 % of the 1 224 m runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
With a score of 91.4 % the landing was strong; a minor refinement would be to keep the descent profile tightly within the stabilisation-gate limits to preserve the excellent vertical control, and to continue targeting the aim point near 300 m (1 000 ft) to maintain the efficient runway usage already demonstrated.
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