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Work on the flare
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Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 84 kt with 5.1° 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 930 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 345 m of runway left; then climbing at 870 fpm on average to 930 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 1,004 m runway.
Rolled from 94 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 2.6 m at the widest, and lifted off 2.3 m right. Airborne 54 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3.4° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 410 ft above 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: 3.4° here, which is about 360 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 60 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.
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 1,006 m left of the centreline at 1.7 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 1.7 nm, where the final began, to 0.7 nm, then fast to 0.5 nm (up to +30 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
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 000° at 5 kt · 5 kt tail · 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 882 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 6 ft, 44 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 17 m in, 288 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 882 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 760 fpm at 5 ft to 540 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 0.9° 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 882 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 1.3 m of it down the rollout.
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 17 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 2.00 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Pesim FPV Drone Racer taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Siletz Bay State Airport, taking approximately 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 35, with a takeoff distance of 453 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 85 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 7°C and a wind speed of 2 knots at 191 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, while the tailwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began 2 miles south of Lincoln City, Oregon, and involved ascending from an altitude of 1,007 feet above sea level to 8,979 feet above sea level, an increase of 7,972 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 26 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 5 miles south of Netarts, Oregon, and lasted for 61 minutes. During this period, the aircraft covered a distance of 197 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 2 miles north of Friday Harbor, Washington, and involved descending from 8,975 feet above sea level to 154 feet above sea level, a decrease of 8,822 feet in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16 at KORS Orcas Island Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 181.0 degrees at an altitude of 135 feet above ground level and a distance of 0 nautical miles from the runway. The landing took place on runway 16, which had a length of 882 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 76 knots.
The touchdown distance was 15 meters, which was considered good, but the touchdown speed of 76 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was very hard at -541 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 5 knots at 0 degrees. The crosswind was negligible, while the tailwind was 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 297 meters, which accounted for 34% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The total flight distance was 236 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 84 minutes. The aircraft used 40 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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