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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,190 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,190 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 416 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the M500 began with a departure roll on runway 15 at CYSE Squamish. The takeoff distance was 2,039 feet, which accounted for 85% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 90 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 55°F with a wind of 5 knots coming from 169°, resulting in a headwind of 5 knots and no crosswind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile southeast of CYSE Squamish, climbing from 1,059 feet above sea level (asl) to 7,734 feet asl. This climb covered a distance of 2 nautical miles and lasted for 5 minutes.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered into a level cruise phase for 1 minute over a distance of 2 nautical miles. The next climb started overhead CYSE Squamish, ascending from 7,630 feet asl to 8,354 feet asl over a distance of 5 nautical miles in 1 minute.
The subsequent level cruise phase lasted for less than a minute over a distance of 2 nautical miles, starting 5 miles north of CYSE Squamish. The next climb commenced 7 miles north of CYSE Squamish, taking the plane from 8,300 feet asl to 23,550 feet asl, covering a distance of 41 nautical miles over 16 minutes.
Another level cruise phase followed, lasting 18 minutes over a distance of 73 nautical miles and commencing 26 miles northwest of Pemberton. The descent started 19 miles west of CAF4 Tsuniah Lake Lodge, descending from 23,266 feet asl to 5,549 feet asl over a distance of 59 nautical miles in 14 minutes.
The landing took place on runway 31 at CAJ4 Anahim Lake, with a runway length of 3,903 feet. The height at the threshold was 19 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 104 knots. The touchdown occurred 1,369 feet from the threshold at a speed of 94 knots, with a vertical speed indicator showing -206 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 36°F with a tailwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 3,039 feet, accounting for 78% of the runway length. The distance to parking from the runway was less than 1 nautical mile, taking 2 minutes to reach. The total flight distance covered was 190 nautical miles, taking 73 minutes and consuming 293 lbs of fuel.
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