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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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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 62 kt with 4.9° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 212 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,165 ft of runway left; then climbing at 690 fpm on average to 212 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.
Plan view the roll down the 3,993 ft runway.
Rolled from 2,457 ft in, never more than 3 ft off the centreline. Airborne 64 % 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
Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 2° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 279° at 8 kt · 8 kt head · 1 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 34 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 3 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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 48 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,988 ft in, 988 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 330 fpm at 49 ft to 30 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 7.5° 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 5,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 82 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 25 ft 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 1,988 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.06 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Icon A5, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at CYYW Armstrong Airport. This process took approximately 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 30, and the aircraft lifted off the ground after traveling 114 feet, which accounted for 3% of the runway's length. The liftoff speed was 62 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 8 knots at a direction of 278 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind was 8 knots. The enroute climb began overhead CYYW Armstrong Airport, where the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,299 feet above sea level to 1,834 feet, an increase of 535 feet, in just 1 minute and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 12 minutes and covered a distance of 16 nautical miles. This phase took place over the same location as the initial climb, overhead CYYW Armstrong Airport. The final approach to landing began 16 miles southeast of the airport, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 201 feet above ground level to 0 feet, a decrease of 201 feet, in 25 seconds.
As the aircraft approached the touchdown point, it encountered the same local weather conditions as before, with a temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 8 knots at a direction of 278 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind was 8 knots. The touchdown speed was 40 knots, which was considered good, and the touchdown rate was perfect at -31 feet per minute. The touchdown point was 523 feet beyond the touchdown zone.
The landing rollout took place at an altitude of 846 feet above sea level, and the aircraft traveled a distance of 102 feet before coming to a stop. The total flight distance was 18 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 15 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 6 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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