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The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 612 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 612 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 147 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna 172 taxied to runway 28L at EGCJ Sherburn-In-Elmet Airfield and commenced the departure roll. The aircraft used a takeoff distance of 423 m, representing 69 % of the runway, and achieved liftoff at 65 kt. Ambient conditions were 15 °C with a wind of 1 kt from 269°, resulting in a headwind component of 1 kt and no crosswind.
A left-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 28L, covering less than 1 nm in 11 seconds.
The aircraft then proceeded on the left-hand pattern crosswind leg, again covering less than 1 nm, this time in 29 seconds.
During the pattern downwind turn the aircraft flew a 1 nm arc with an angle to the runway of 68.4°.
The downwind leg itself measured 1 nm and was completed in 50 seconds.
A base-leg turn followed, with a 1 nm turn and an angle to the runway of 36.2°.
The base leg was flown for less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
The final turn to the runway was also less than 1 nm and required 19 seconds.
On final approach to runway 28L the aircraft descended from 521 ft agl to 37 ft agl in 40 seconds and met the stabilisation gates.
Touchdown occurred on runway 28L, whose length is 612 m; the threshold speed was 61 kt. The aircraft touched down 144 m from the threshold at 55 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 292 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. Weather remained 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, with zero crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 342 m, equivalent to 56 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was perfect.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 6 nm, taking 4, and consumed 1 kg of fuel.
The Cessna 172 approached runway 28L at EGCJ Sherburn-In-Elmet Airfield and was scored on the stabilisation gates during the final approach, with local weather reporting a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, crosswind 0 kt and headwind 1 kt.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft descended from 521 ft agl to 37 ft agl in 40 seconds, achieved a good threshold height and maintained a good threshold speed of 61 kt.
Touchdown occurred 144 m down the runway; the touchdown speed of 55 kt was a little fast, the touchdown rate was fair at minus 292 fpm, and runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 342 m, representing 56 % of the 612 m runway, and rollout alignment remained perfect.
To refine the already strong performance reflected by the 95.1 % score, attention should be given to reducing touchdown speed slightly below 55 kt and moderating the descent rate to achieve a smoother touchdown.
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