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Know your rotation speed
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A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 83 kt with 8.3° 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 200 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 106 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,080 fpm on average to 200 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 535 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted left of the centreline, 6.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.5 m left. Airborne 60 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 210 ft above 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 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 738 m right of the centreline at 0.9 nm.
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 35 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 0.9 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to +52 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
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
Great landing flare. It lost 4.3 points, for starting the flare at 8 ft agl, below the usual 11 ft agl–45 ft agl.
Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 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.
From 79 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 9 s, an average deceleration of 0.33 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 535 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 21 ft, 29 ft below the 50 ft target; began the flare late, at 8 ft. Touched down 251 m in, 54 m short of 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 535 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 100 fpm at the flare to 70 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 5.2° 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 535 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.5 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 251 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Sutton on Rogue Airport, the P-750 XSTOL aircraft initiated its takeoff roll on runway 26, accelerating to a liftoff speed of 83 kt. The aircraft required a takeoff distance of 327 m, utilizing 61% of the available runway. Local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 18 °C and a wind speed of 0 kt at 0 °.
As the aircraft transitioned to the enroute climb phase, it began ascending from 1,517 ft above sea level to 1,452 ft, a net increase of 66 ft over a period of 1 minute. This climb phase covered a distance of 2 nm, positioning the aircraft for its final approach to runway 08 at Sutton on Rogue Airport. The aircraft's heading during the final approach was 89.0 °, with an altitude of 191 ft above ground level.
The P-750 XSTOL successfully landed on runway 08, utilizing 79% of the available 535 m runway. The touchdown speed of 68 kt was within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -473 fpm was slightly higher than optimal. However, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment remained consistent throughout the landing phase. The total landing distance of 422 m was slightly longer than expected, but the aircraft's performance was otherwise satisfactory. The total flight distance was 3 nm, and the aircraft consumed 5 kg of fuel during the 2-minute flight.
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