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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.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 86 kt with 3.8° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 919 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 637 m of runway left; then climbing at 2,400 fpm on average to 919 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.
Plan view the roll down the 1,230 m runway.
Rolled from 201 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 4.4 m at the widest, and lifted off 3.7 m right. Airborne 30 % 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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3° and centreline more than 1° off.
When the approach was stable
Never every check met at once: banked until 2.6 nm, fast until 2.3 nm, sinking too fast until 1.7 nm, high until 0.5 nm, right of the centreline from 0.7 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 2° band in green.
High from 3.2 nm, where the final began, to 0.5 nm (up to 1,760 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,126 m left of the centreline at 3.2 nm, then inside it from 1.0 to 0.7 nm, then 29 m right of it from 0.7 nm to the threshold.
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 3.2 nm, where the final began, to 2.3 nm (up to +92 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 10° right of the track, 3° of bank.
Wind 183° at 5 kt · 5 kt head · 0 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.
Side view — the last 1,230 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 27 ft, 23 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 240 m in, 65 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 1,230 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 500 fpm at 28 ft to 170 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.6° 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 1,230 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 16 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 11 m left 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 240 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.21 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the departure roll from runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield, where the aircraft, Beast Horus, took off with a takeoff distance of 397 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 86 knots. At the time of departure, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of -2 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots from 184 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 5 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Florstadt in Hessen, Germany, rising from an altitude of 1,443 feet above sea level to 10,159 feet above sea level, an increase of 8,715 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 9 nautical miles. The climb was a testament to the aircraft's capabilities and the pilot's skill.
After reaching the desired altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent 2 miles south of Buedingen in Hessen, Germany. The descent from 10,093 feet above sea level to 2,185 feet above sea level, a decrease of 7,908 feet in 5 minutes, covered a distance of 11 nautical miles. This phase of the flight demonstrated the aircraft's ability to efficiently descend and maintain control.
The final approach to runway 18 at EDFB Reichelsheim Airfield was initiated from the north, heading 189.0 degrees at 2 nautical miles and 1,758 feet above ground level. The landing was executed with a threshold speed that was slightly below the target at 64 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 237 meters, and the touchdown speed was 52 knots, which was within the acceptable range. The touchdown rate was smooth at -130 feet per minute.
However, the landing was not without its challenges, as the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 16.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at departure, with a temperature of -2 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots from 183 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 0 knots and a headwind of 5 knots. The total landing distance was 417 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 27.2 meters from the centerline.
In conclusion, the flight was a testament to the aircraft's capabilities and the pilot's skill, with a total flight distance of 23 nautical miles and a fuel consumption of 16 kilograms. The flight demonstrated the aircraft's ability to efficiently climb, descend, and land, despite some minor challenges during the landing phase.
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