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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Keep the taxi smooth
Turn speed is limited by lateral load on the tyres and the people in the back, and lateral acceleration goes with the square of speed. On an illustrative 25 m turn radius, 10 kt produces about 0.11 g of side load, while 20 kt produces about 0.43 g. Doubling the speed quadruples the load. That square law is the entire content of the "10 knots in turns" rule, and it tells you why a slightly-too-fast turn feels fine and a moderately-too-fast one throws the cabin crew across the galley.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,936 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 421 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 started with a 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LECO A Coruña Airport. The departure roll on runway 21 covered a distance of 393 meters, which was 18% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 77 knots, with a local weather report indicating a temperature of 21 °C and winds at 13 knots coming from 150°, resulting in a crosswind of 11 knots and a headwind of 6 knots.
The enroute climb began overhead Culleredo in Galicia, Spain, climbing from 1,230 feet above sea level to 3,497 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 8 nautical miles and took 4 minutes. The enroute descent started 3 miles north of Ordes, descending from 3,488 feet to 2,802 feet in 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 2 miles south of Ordes, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 17 at LEST Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport was from the north, heading 166.0° at 3 nautical miles and 1,264 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 17 at LEST Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport, which has a runway length of 2,936 meters, had a good threshold height and a slightly below target threshold speed of 73 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 421 meters, with a touchdown speed of 61 knots and an excellent touchdown rate of -70 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 7.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather at the time of landing was 17 °C, with winds at 8 knots coming from 150°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 8 knots. The total landing distance was 985 meters, which was 34% of the total runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 9.4 meters from the centerline.
After landing, the taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 25 nautical miles, taking 20 minutes, and the flight used 68 kilograms of fuel.
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