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Improve the rollout
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimDeparture
Rotate the moment the speed tape reaches 70 kt, not after it.
What happened: Rotation was held until 82 kt, 12 kt past the 70 kt rotation target. Carrying that much extra speed into rotation usually adds unwanted energy right at liftoff.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 205 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff International Airport, covering 3 nm in 18 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 30, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 83 kt and left the ground after a take-off distance of 394 m, which represents 18 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was temperature 16 °C, wind 10 kt from 240°, with a cross-wind component of 8 kt and a head-wind component of 5 kt.
The first en-route climb began overhead EGFF, climbing from 919 ft asl to 2 103 ft asl, an increase of 1 185 ft in 1 minute while covering 3 nm.
A level cruise segment commenced 1 mile north-west of Barry, lasting 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
A second climb segment started 1 mile south-west of Barry, raising the aircraft from 2 229 ft asl to 2 993 ft asl, an increase of 763 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 4 nm.
The next cruise phase began 1 mile south of Wenvoe, persisting for 10 minutes and encompassing 20 nm.
A descent was initiated 2 miles south of Barry, descending from 3 095 ft asl to 2 025 ft asl, a decrease of 1 071 ft in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.
A further cruise segment started 5 miles south-east of Barry, lasting 2 minutes and covering 5 nm.
The final approach to runway 30 at EGFF was flown from the south-east, on a heading of 294.0° at 4 nm and 1 261 ft agl.
Landing on runway 30, which is 2 203 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 74 kt. Touchdown occurred at 204 m down the runway at 60 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 66 fpm and a touchdown position 4.3 m off the centreline. The total landing distance was 414 m, representing 19 % of the runway. Local weather at landing was temperature 15 °C, wind 10 kt from 240°, cross-wind 8 kt and head-wind 5 kt.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total, the flight covered 47 nm, required 26 minutes, and consumed 11 kg of fuel.
The DA42-TDI approached runway 30 at EGFF Cardiff International Airport from the south-east on a heading of 294.0 ° at 4 nm and 1 261 ft agl; the final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1 000 ft gate with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 74 kt; the flare produced a touchdown distance of 204 m, a touchdown speed of 60 kt and an excellent touchdown rate of minus 66 fpm.
Touchdown occurred with the runway touchdown point slightly misaligned by 4.3 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 414 m, representing 19 % of the 2 203 m runway.
The rollout alignment was very good, keeping the aircraft centred as it decelerated to a stop.
To tighten the centreline alignment, aim to keep the touchdown point within one metre of the centreline and verify the alignment through the rollout phase.
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