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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Smooth the climb
A good takeoff has a defined shape. It also has a defined end. For an airliner that's thrust reduction and acceleration, commonly somewhere around 1,000 to 1,500 ft above the airfield depending on the operator, while for a light aircraft it's established at Vy with the flaps on schedule. Most simmers have no defined end to their takeoff, which is exactly why it never gets judged.
Read more in Improve Your Take-OffsStart to finish · 26 stages, 18 in the score
The approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
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Taxi out
The roll
Liftoff and climb
Plan view the roll down the 2,512 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, never more than 1.3 m off the centreline, in 11 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 34 % 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 938 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,414 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,810 fpm on average to 938 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.
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 grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 10 ft below 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 45× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 8 m off the centreline.
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 31 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 19 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +5 kt and +29 kt on the approach speed of 124 kt.
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
Good landing flare
Touchdown
Rollout
Taxi in
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 53 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 568 m in, 263 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 540 fpm at 52 ft to 300 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.7° on the way down. Into 52 ft at 129 kt, 5 kt over the 124 kt approach speed, and 115 kt at touchdown.
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 first 1,524 m of the 3,082 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3.9 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 1.2 m left by the end of the rollout. 11 kt across from the left, which takes about 5° of crab to hold the centreline at 115 kt. Touched down with the nose 9° into wind, wings level.
Wind 210° at 18 kt · 14 kt head · 11 kt across
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 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. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.
Touched down 568 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.27 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.
From 102 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 43 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 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.
The rest of the report
The flight in question took place from Eindhoven Airport, where the aircraft, an Airbus A320, departed from runway 21 and took off into a local weather of a temperature of 13 °C and winds of 15 kt at 160 °. The crosswind was 12 kt and the headwind was 9 kt, resulting in a liftoff speed of 146 kt. The takeoff distance covered 1,059 m, which was 42% of the runway length. The aircraft then lifted off and began its enroute climb, which started overhead Eindhoven Airport and ended with a climb of 10,593 ft in just 6 minutes, covering a distance of 23 nm.
The climb from 1,077 ft asl to 11,670 ft asl was a significant achievement, showcasing the aircraft's capabilities. The enroute descent, which began 1 mile west of Ulvenhout, was equally impressive, with the aircraft descending from 11,669 ft asl to 2,920 ft asl, a decrease of 8,748 ft in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 20 nm.
The flight continued with several enroute level cruises, starting with one that lasted 7 minutes, covering 22 nm, and began overhead Ekeren. Another enroute level cruise started 1 mile south west of Herselt and lasted 4 minutes, covering 8 nm. These level cruises provided the aircraft with a chance to stabilize and maintain a steady speed.
The final approach to runway 25L at Brussels Airport was made from the east, heading 250.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,280 ft agl. However, a go-around was initiated at 30 ft agl, due to an unknown reason. The aircraft then landed on the same runway, with a touchdown point 141 m beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was good at 115 kt, but the touchdown rate was fair at -219 fpm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.0 m from the centreline.
The local weather at the time of landing was a temperature of 15 °C and winds of 18 kt at 210 °, resulting in a crosswind of 12 kt and a headwind of 14 kt. The total landing distance was 1,260 m, which was 41% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The flight then concluded with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area, which took 6 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 93nm, taking 68 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,498 kg of fuel.
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