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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 102 kt with 4.0° 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 978 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,637 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,200 fpm on average to 978 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 2,739 m runway.
Rolled from 133 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 8.2 m at the widest, and lifted off 5.9 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 20 ft below 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° 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.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 13× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 0.4 nm, then 19 m left of it 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 4 nm to 0.2 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +17 kt).
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
5 kt across from the right, which takes about 4° of crab to hold the centreline at 81 kt. Touched down with 2° of it still on, 2° of bank.
Wind 290° at 13 kt · 9 kt head · 5 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.
From 75 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 31 s, an average deceleration of 0.08 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,647 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 51 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 935 m in, 630 m past 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 1,647 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 440 fpm at 48 ft to 80 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.1° 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 first 1,647 m of the 2,682 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 13 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 2.6 m left by the end of 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
Touched down 935 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, which took approximately 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna 414A, then departed from runway 24 at Ämari Air Base, Estonia. The takeoff distance was 734 meters, which accounted for 27% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 102 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 14°C and wind speeds of 9 knots at 260°. The crosswind was 2 knots, while the headwind was 9 knots. The enroute climb started 1 mile northeast of Padise, Estonia, and reached an altitude of 17,475 feet above sea level, an increase of 16,400 feet in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 27 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise began 13 miles north of Suurupi, Estonia, and lasted for 16 minutes, covering 56 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its descent 6 miles northwest of Karkkila, Finland, and descended from 17,084 feet to 2,949 feet above sea level, a decrease of 14,136 feet in 11 minutes, covering 37 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise resumed 3 miles southwest of Valkeakoski, Finland, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent 5 miles southwest of Kangasala, Finland, and descended from 2,949 feet to 2,184 feet above sea level, a decrease of 765 feet in 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise resumed again 3 miles southwest of Kangasala and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 24 at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport was made from the northeast, heading 244.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,247 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 24, which had a length of 2,682 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 99 knots.
The touchdown point was 500 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 80 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -80 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.8 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 12°C and wind speeds of 13 knots at 290°, with a crosswind of 9 knots and a headwind of 9 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,547 meters, which accounted for 58% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 13.4 meters from the centerline. Taxiing to the parking area from the runway took approximately 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 145 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 56 minutes, using 111 kilograms of fuel.
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