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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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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
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 1,322 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,322 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 335 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Sirius started with a departure roll from runway 21 at EDYW Wildberg. The takeoff distance was 150 meters, which accounted for 40% of the runway length. The aircraft reached a liftoff speed of 49 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 15°C with a light wind of 1 knot coming from 270°. There was a minimal crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots during takeoff.
Once enroute, the aircraft reached a cruising altitude 1 mile west of Sigmarszell in Bavaria, Germany. The cruise lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 10 at LSZR Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport, which has a runway length of 1,322 meters. The aircraft approached the runway at a height of 18 feet above ground level and a speed of 56 knots. The touchdown occurred 332 meters from the threshold at a speed of 43 knots with a vertical speed indicator reading of -92 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was 15°C with a light wind from 270° at 1 knot. There was no significant crosswind, but there was a slight tailwind of 1 knot during the landing. The total landing distance was 419 meters, which accounted for 32% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway, which took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
Overall, the total flight distance was 14 nautical miles, which took 1,789 minutes to complete. The flight consumed 3 kilograms of fuel in total.
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