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LFMK
Carcassonne/Salvaza, France
Elevation423 ft asl
Weight851 kg
Fuel127 kg
Wind70° · 14 kn

Flight Score

85.19 %
LFMK
Carcassonne/Salvaza, France
Elevation439 ft asl
Weight805 kg
Fuel70 kg
Wind70° · 15 kn
6 Sep 2026 0:19 14 nm R66 Turbine Passenger 57 kg
Departure Score
64.88 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
90.69 %

What went well

Touched down at 135 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
Hover height held within 4 ft

What held you back

Departure Hover — bank angle up to 17.7 ° at 17 %, Height held within 14 ft at 21 %, −7.66 points
Arrival Approach — 44 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 14 %, bank angle up to 31.4 ° at 55 %, −2.56 points
Departure Transition — bank angle up to 34.5 ° at 35 %, −2.17 points

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Departure

Keep the disc level with small cyclic pressures instead of large corrections that have to be taken back out.

What happened: The steepest bank in the hover after lift-off was 18°; a steady hover stays within 6°.

Watch for: The horizon level across the windscreen.

See Departure Hover

Arrival

Keep the disc level with small cyclic pressures instead of large corrections that have to be taken back out.

What happened: The steepest bank in the hover before landing was 8.1°; a steady hover stays within 6°.

Watch for: The horizon level across the windscreen.

See Arrival Hover

The ground restricts the rotor's downwash, reducing the power needed to hover. The effect is strongest within about half a rotor diameter of the surface and mostly gone by one full diameter. This is why a collective setting that holds a hover at 3 feet won't hold it at 30 feet.

Read more in Basics of helicopter flight

Start to finish · 11 stages, 11 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Hover 31.10Lifted into the hover and held it for 68 seconds, on average 25 ft above the spot, moving 861 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
54 % Moved over the ground at 9.6 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
21 % Height held within 14 ftFull marks within 4 ft
17 % Steepest bank 18 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 25 ft6 ft min to max 45 ft 6 21 ft
Info Average ground speed 10 kt4 kt min to max 20 kt 4 6 kt
Info Average VSI 4 fpm-422 fpm min to max 424 fpm 173 183 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-12.8 ° min to max 14.8 ° 0.4 4.6 °
Info Average bank angle 6.3 °0.7 ° min to max 17.7 ° 12.3 1.0 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.84 g min to max 1.18 g 0.87 1.17 g
500 ft1000 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s20 s40 s60 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 24.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Departure Transition 83.04Accelerated away from 6 kt to 1 kt, reaching 27 ft above the spot in 44 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 11 °Full marks up to 15 °
58 % Sank at up to 312 fpm while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 10 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 32 ft20 ft min to max 49 ft 31 27 ft
Info Average ground speed 11 kt1 kt min to max 20 kt 6 1 kt
Info Average airspeed 1 kt0 kt min to max 4 kt 0 3 kt
Info Average VSI 14 fpm-312 fpm min to max 469 fpm 442 6 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-10.0 ° min to max 6.0 ° -0.3 2.9 °
Info Average bank angle 3.2 °0.2 ° min to max 11.5 ° 1.6 0.5 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.88 g min to max 1.16 g 1.00 1.00 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead LFMK Carcassonne Airport Carcassonne/Salvaza (Occitanie, France). Climbing from 460 ft asl to 1,073 ft asl, an increase of 613 ft in 1 minutes and covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 51 kt19 kt min to max 87 kt 19 87 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.1 °0.0 ° min to max 8.8 ° 6.9 4.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.86 g min to max 1.13 g 1.08 0.96 g
Info Average VSI 291 fpm-150 fpm min to max 1,420 fpm -150 -103 fpm
Info Average altitude 570 ft asl457 ft asl min to max 1,074 ft asl 460 1,073 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.6 °-6.4 ° min to max 6.2 ° 2.9 -4.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started overhead Carcassonne (Occitanie, France) and lasted 6 minutes, covering 9 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±554 ft of 1,208 ft asl1,019 ft asl min to max 1,429 ft asl 1,071 1,019 ft asl
100 % Average speed 88 kt54 kt min to max 101 kt 88 54 kt
100 % Average bank angle 13.5 °0.0 ° min to max 35.6 ° 5.1 21.0 °
99.97 % Average g force 1.05 g0.81 g min to max 1.37 g 0.96 1.06 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -0.7 °-6.8 ° min to max 8.7 ° -4.5 -3.3 °
Arrival Approach 61.59The approach began 495 ft above the landing spot at 70 kt and slowed to 2 kt in 1.7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
55 % Steepest bank 31 °Full marks up to 20 °
89 % Fastest descent 936 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
14 % 44 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 12 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 270 ft68 ft min to max 495 ft 495 68 ft
Info Average ground speed 27 kt1 kt min to max 70 kt 70 2 kt
Info Average airspeed 35 kt12 kt min to max 55 kt 55 12 kt
Info Average VSI -426 fpm-936 fpm min to max 394 fpm -886 -21 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 3.0 °-4.5 ° min to max 11.6 ° -2.4 3.7 °
Info Average bank angle 9.0 °0.0 ° min to max 31.4 ° 23.6 1.3 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g0.86 g min to max 1.21 g 1.09 1.00 g
020040060005001,0001,5002,000Steepest, 936 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 5 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 5 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 3 ft0 ft min to max 6 ft 6 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 1 kt 1 0 kt
Info Average VSI -2 fpm-5 fpm min to max 0 fpm -5 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.9 °1.9 ° min to max 3.9 ° 3.9 1.9 °
Info Average bank angle 1.3 °0.9 ° min to max 1.7 ° 1.7 0.9 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Transition 80.50Accelerated away from 27 kt to 61 kt, reaching 238 ft above the spot in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Steepest bank 34 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 7 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 158 ft98 ft min to max 238 ft 98 238 ft
Info Average ground speed 41 kt27 kt min to max 61 kt 27 61 kt
Info Average airspeed 43 kt28 kt min to max 55 kt 28 55 kt
Info Average VSI 462 fpm38 fpm min to max 701 fpm 516 215 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -2.5 °-6.7 ° min to max 0.5 ° -6.7 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 17.0 °0.1 ° min to max 34.5 ° 1.8 15.8 °
Info Average g force 1.08 g0.95 g min to max 1.27 g 0.95 1.27 g
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 1 mile north east of Lavalette (Occitanie, France) and lasted 1 minutes, covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±540 ft of 935 ft asl801 ft asl min to max 1,049 ft asl 801 895 ft asl
100 % Average speed 72 kt55 kt min to max 86 kt 56 55 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.6 °0.0 ° min to max 21.4 ° 5.6 2.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.83 g min to max 1.17 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.1 °-5.4 ° min to max 9.5 ° 1.9 -0.1 °
Arrival Approach 96.37The approach began 453 ft above the landing spot at 48 kt and slowed to 10 kt in 2.4 minutes, covering 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Steepest bank 23 °Full marks up to 20 °
100 % Fastest descent 548 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
97 % 6 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 14 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 156 ft28 ft min to max 453 ft 453 34 ft
Info Average ground speed 26 kt4 kt min to max 57 kt 48 10 kt
Info Average airspeed 32 kt0 kt min to max 62 kt 54 8 kt
Info Average VSI -168 fpm-548 fpm min to max 640 fpm -308 -475 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 1.6 °-14.5 ° min to max 13.5 ° -0.3 8.5 °
Info Average bank angle 3.2 °0.0 ° min to max 23.3 ° 2.2 23.3 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.77 g min to max 1.27 g 0.99 1.15 g
020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 548 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Hover 95.50Hovered before the landing for 60 seconds, on average 36 ft above the spot, moving 314 ft over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Moved over the ground at 4.3 kt on averageFull marks up to 5.0 kt
100 % Height held within 4 ftFull marks within 4 ft
85 % Steepest bank 8 °Full marks up to 6 °
Info Average height above the spot 36 ft23 ft min to max 40 ft 37 23 ft
Info Average ground speed 4 kt3 kt min to max 5 kt 4 3 kt
Info Average VSI -15 fpm-86 fpm min to max 30 fpm 28 -48 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 2.6 °0.4 ° min to max 4.3 ° 1.8 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 3.1 °0.4 ° min to max 8.1 ° 8.1 1.3 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 1.01 1.01 g
200 ft400 ftNArriveSet down
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from where it set down.
02040600 s20 s40 s60 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 36.1 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.
Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 135 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 135 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 2 ft0 ft min to max 3 ft 3 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 1 kt0 kt min to max 3 kt 3 0 kt
Info Average VSI -68 fpm-135 fpm min to max 0 fpm -135 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °-0.1 ° min to max 7.4 ° 7.4 -0.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.6 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.08 g 1.08 1.00 g

2 landings

Every landing in this flight

The flight is kept as it was recorded: it ends when the engine is shut down, so a landing with the rotors turning is a stop along the way, not a new flight.

# Where Into flight Touchdown Ground speed Sideways On the ground
1 LFMK · Carcassonne Airport 18:03 5 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt 1:00
2 LFMK · Carcassonne Airport 25:34 135 ft/min 0.0 kt 0.0 kt End of flight

Lift-off & hover

The last lift-off of 2 - each has its own stage above.

20.70Hover heightsteady within 14 ft
54.00Hover drift9.6 kt
16.50Hover bank18°
100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down7°

Approach

The last approach of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Steepest descent548 fpm
96.70Slow and sinking6 %
86.80Bank23°
100.00Nose up14°
100.00Hover before landingsteady within 4 ft

Touchdown

The last landing of 2 - each has its own stage above.

100.00Rate at contact135 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

Landing 2 of 2

Hover, approach and touchdown

The last lift-off and the last landing. The other landing has the same drawings in its own stages above.

Hover31.10

500 ft1000 ftNLift-offClimb away
Seen from above, north up. Rings are distance from the lift-off point.
02040600 s20 s40 s60 s
Height above the ground, ft. The band is 4 ft either side of the average, 24.7 ft: a hover that stays inside it is steady.

Approach96.37

020040060002,0004,0006,000Steepest, 548 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

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Flight narrative

The aircraft entered a right-hand pattern for runway 09 at Carcassonne Airport, covering 1 nm in 58 seconds before establishing the crosswind leg, which was less than 1 nm and lasted 4 seconds. The downwind turn spanned 2 nm with a 45-degree sector and an angle of 12.9 °, followed by a downwind leg of less than 1 nm completed in 6 seconds. The base-leg turn extended 3 nm with a 45-degree sector and an angle of 170.2 °, after which the base leg of less than 1 nm was flown in another 6 seconds, and the final turn covered 8 nm in 436 seconds, positioning the aircraft for the approach.

At an altitude of 134 ft AGL the pilot executed a go-around at Carcassonne Airport, aborting the initial landing attempt and climbing back into the traffic pattern.

Subsequently the aircraft commenced the final approach from 1 nm out at 415 ft AGL, maintaining the right-hand pattern and aligning with runway 09 for the landing run.

During the final descent the aircraft reduced altitude from 36 ft AGL to ground level, a loss of 36 ft achieved in 67 seconds, before reaching the touchdown zone.

Touchdown occurred at a speed of 12 kt with a smooth vertical rate of minus 135 fpm and a touchdown point 55 m from the runway threshold. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 33 °C, wind from 070° at 15 kt, including a 9 kt crosswind component and a 12 kt headwind component.

In total the flight covered 13 nm, took 19 (units as reported), and consumed 57 kg of fuel.

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