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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
See Departure Roll
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 46 kt with 10.4° 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 657 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 350 m of runway left; then climbing at 400 fpm on average to 657 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 500 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 3.4 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 5 % 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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 149° at 2 kt · 1 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 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 40 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 307 m in, close to 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.
From 39 ft the descent stopped and turned into a climb of 1,550 fpm before coming down at 190 fpm to touch. The nose came up 3.6° 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 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 7.9 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 7.6 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 307 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.57 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 11 at LOGI Trieben Airfield, where the Icon A5 aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 54 meters, which accounted for 11% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 47 knots. At the time of takeoff, the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots at 156 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was also 2 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 1 mile west of Gaishorn, in the state of Steiermark, Austria. The climb began at an altitude of 2,966 feet above sea level and reached a height of 4,613 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,647 feet in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles, starting 1 mile east of Gaishorn.
The enroute descent phase began overhead Wald am Schoberpass, where the aircraft descended from 4,587 feet above sea level to 2,537 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,050 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles. The final approach to landing was initiated overhead Kalwang, where the aircraft descended from 113 feet above ground level to 1 nautical mile away from the landing site. The approach was characterized by a descent from 41 feet above ground level to 0 feet above ground level in just 10 seconds.
The touchdown occurred at Kalwang, with a touchdown speed of 47 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was also good at -192 feet per minute, and the touchdown distance was 305 meters, which was also considered good. Following the touchdown, the aircraft entered the landing rollout phase, where it covered a distance of 272 meters at an altitude of 2,424 feet above sea level.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 12 nautical miles, taking 9 minutes to complete, and used 2 kilograms of fuel. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 2 knots at 148 degrees. The crosswind was 0 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot.
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