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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 147 kt with 4.8° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 969 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 5,443 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,560 fpm on average to 969 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 11,991 ft runway.
Rolled from 3,631 ft in, never more than 4 ft off the centreline, in 5 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 44 % 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.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 130 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 4× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 4 nm to 2.2 nm, then drifted 300 ft left between 2.2 and 0.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 0.3 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +14 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
3 kt across from the left, which takes about 1° of crab to hold the centreline at 130 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.
Wind 250° at 3 kt · 2 kt head · 3 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.
Side view — the last 6,422 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 47 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,220 ft in, 1,220 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 6,422 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 530 fpm at 46 ft to 130 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.6° 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 first 6,422 ft of the 12,021 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 11 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 1 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 2,220 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.19 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The B-2 Spirit aircraft departed from runway 26L at Daniel K Inouye International Airport, PHNL, with a takeoff distance of 1,744 feet, which is 15% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 148 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 74°F, with a wind speed of 6 knots from 330°, resulting in a 6-knot crosswind and a 3-knot headwind.
As the aircraft began its enroute climb, it started 1 mile southeast of Iroquois Point, Hawaii, and climbed from 1,025 feet above sea level to 41,168 feet, an increase of 40,144 feet in 16 minutes, covering a distance of 124 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a level cruise, starting 52 miles southwest of Kekaha, Hawaii, and lasted for 27 minutes, covering 752 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, entering another climb phase, starting at a latitude of 21.0182676 and longitude of -173.7755646, and climbed from 40,805 feet to 42,742 feet, an increase of 1,937 feet in 2 minutes, covering 40 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting at a latitude of 20.9790563 and longitude of -174.5590196, and lasted for 87 minutes, covering 2,551 nautical miles.
As the aircraft continued its journey, it entered a descent phase, starting at a latitude of 13.7762023 and longitude of 141.3362773, and descended from 43,305 feet to 10,372 feet, a decrease of 32,933 feet in 3 minutes, covering 81 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting at a latitude of 13.8857279 and longitude of 139.9079035, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 39 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, entering another climb phase, starting at a latitude of 13.9300433 and longitude of 139.2464473, and climbed from 10,281 feet to 10,895 feet, an increase of 614 feet in 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting at a latitude of 13.9549485 and longitude of 139.1137106, and lasted for 9 minutes, covering 33 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey, entering another climb phase, starting at a latitude of 14.0389064 and longitude of 138.5409852, and climbed from 11,763 feet to 41,570 feet, an increase of 29,806 feet in 5 minutes, covering 123 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting at a latitude of 14.1002955 and longitude of 136.3319407, and lasted for 120 minutes, covering 3,923 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it entered a descent phase, starting 89 miles northeast of Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility, and descended from 41,494 feet to 1,977 feet, a decrease of 39,517 feet in 14 minutes, covering 83 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered a final approach phase, heading 299.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,172 feet above ground level.
The B-2 Spirit landed on runway 31 at Diego Garcia Naval Support Facility, with a runway length of 12,021 feet. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots. The touchdown point was 857 feet beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed
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