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EGPE
Inverness, Scotland
Elevation19 ft asl
Weight2,463 kg
Fuel364 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn

Flight Score

91.55 %
EGQS
Lossiemouth, Scotland
Elevation36 ft asl
Weight2,463 kg
Fuel342 kg
Wind270° · 1 kn
16 Oct 2026 0:16 23 nm Airbus H145 22 kg
Departure Score
100.00 %
Enroute Score
100.00 %
Arrival Score
74.66 %

What went well

Touched down at 20 fpm — a soft arrival
No sideways movement at touchdown
No sink accelerating out of the hover

What held you back

Arrival Approach — 79 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeed at 0 %, Fastest descent 1,626 fpm at 31 %, −8.45 points

Next time

Arrival

Keep forward airspeed until the descent is nearly stopped: reduce the rate of descent first, then let the speed come off.

What happened: For 79% of the approach the helicopter was slow and descending fast at the same time; full marks allow 5%.

Watch for: Airspeed and vertical speed together: never low airspeed with a fast descent.

See Arrival Approach

As you slow through about 20 knots near the end, add collective to offset the loss of translational lift, together with the matching pedal. Keep some forward speed until you're close to the ground.

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Start to finish · 9 stages, 9 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Transition 100.00Accelerated away from 6 kt to 62 kt, reaching 306 ft above the spot in 33 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 4 °Full marks up to 15 °
100 % No sink while accelerating awayFull marks up to 100 fpm
100 % Nose down by up to 11 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 194 ft57 ft min to max 306 ft 57 306 ft
Info Average ground speed 27 kt6 kt min to max 62 kt 6 62 kt
Info Average airspeed 18 kt2 kt min to max 48 kt 2 48 kt
Info Average VSI 476 fpm217 fpm min to max 602 fpm 217 436 fpm
Info Average pitch angle -5.4 °-10.5 ° min to max 3.8 ° 0.6 -10.5 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.3 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.1 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.01 g0.99 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 0.99 g
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EGPE Inverness Airport Inverness (Highland, Scotland). Climbing from 338 ft asl to 1,212 ft asl, an increase of 875 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 85 kt51 kt min to max 94 kt 51 85 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.5 ° min to max 5.0 ° 0.5 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.78 g min to max 1.15 g 0.99 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 581 fpm34 fpm min to max 782 fpm 397 450 fpm
Info Average altitude 728 ft asl338 ft asl min to max 1,212 ft asl 338 1,212 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -4.7 °-10.3 ° min to max -3.2 ° -10.3 -6.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles east of Ardersier (Highland, Scotland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±561 ft of 1,451 ft asl1,219 ft asl min to max 1,667 ft asl 1,219 1,667 ft asl
100 % Average speed 105 kt86 kt min to max 118 kt 86 117 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 8.9 ° 1.2 8.9 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.07 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.2 °-6.4 ° min to max -5.9 ° -5.9 -6.3 °
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north of Auldearn (Highland, Scotland). Climbing from 1,673 ft asl to 2,373 ft asl, an increase of 700 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 105 kt87 kt min to max 117 kt 117 108 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.8 °0.0 ° min to max 9.0 ° 8.9 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.72 g min to max 1.23 g 1.01 0.99 g
Info Average VSI 869 fpm-207 fpm min to max 1,353 fpm 403 -207 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,970 ft asl1,673 ft asl min to max 2,414 ft asl 1,673 2,373 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -2.4 °-7.4 ° min to max -0.2 ° -6.3 -7.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Level 2 99.99Enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Forres (Moray, Scotland) and lasted 3 minutes, covering 6 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±617 ft of 2,164 ft asl1,948 ft asl min to max 2,365 ft asl 2,342 2,365 ft asl
100 % Average speed 112 kt101 kt min to max 118 kt 111 105 kt
100 % Average bank angle 10.1 °0.2 ° min to max 32.0 ° 1.0 0.9 °
99.9 % Average g force 1.03 g0.64 g min to max 1.42 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle -6.3 °-9.7 ° min to max -4.0 ° -7.4 -6.0 °
Enroute Climb 3 100.00Enroute climb started overhead EGQK RAF Kinloss Kinloss (Moray, Scotland). Climbing from 2,392 ft asl to 2,941 ft asl, an increase of 549 ft in 1 minutes and covering 3 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 99 kt85 kt min to max 106 kt 106 85 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.7 °0.6 ° min to max 11.3 ° 0.9 0.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.91 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 0.91 g
Info Average VSI 451 fpm-58 fpm min to max 1,176 fpm 163 1,176 fpm
Info Average altitude 2,629 ft asl2,392 ft asl min to max 2,941 ft asl 2,392 2,941 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.8 °-6.8 ° min to max -0.1 ° -6.0 -2.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of Burghead (Moray, Scotland). Descent from 2,996 ft asl to 545 ft asl, a decrease of 2,452 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 54 kt30 kt min to max 117 kt 86 30 kt
100 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.4 ° min to max 15.1 ° 0.8 1.0 °
99.96 % Average g force 1.00 g0.72 g min to max 1.35 g 0.99 0.99 g
Info Average VSI -1,228 fpm-1,912 fpm min to max 240 fpm 52 -1,569 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,596 ft asl545 ft asl min to max 3,021 ft asl 2,996 545 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.0 °-10.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° -7.6 1.1 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival Approach 49.33The approach began 480 ft above the landing spot at 30 kt and slowed to 4 kt in 23 seconds, covering less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Steepest bank 3 °Full marks up to 20 °
31 % Fastest descent 1,626 fpmFull marks up to 800 fpm
0 % 79 % of the approach descending fast with little airspeedMore than 300 fpm down below 30 kt is where a helicopter can settle into its own downwash. Full marks up to 5 %
100 % Nose up by up to 10 °Full marks up to 15 °
Info Average height above the spot 268 ft118 ft min to max 480 ft 480 118 ft
Info Average ground speed 22 kt4 kt min to max 30 kt 30 4 kt
Info Average airspeed 23 kt6 kt min to max 30 kt 30 6 kt
Info Average VSI -926 fpm-1,626 fpm min to max -116 fpm -1,585 -1,122 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-2.6 ° min to max 9.6 ° 1.1 5.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.3 ° min to max 3.3 ° 1.0 0.3 °
Info Average g force 1.02 g0.90 g min to max 1.14 g 0.99 1.07 g
020040060005001,000Steepest, 1,626 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

Arrival Touchdown 100.00Touched down at 20 fpm with 0 kt over the ground.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touched down at 20 fpmFull marks up to 200 fpm
100 % Sideways at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 1.0 kt
100 % Forward at touchdown 0.0 ktFull marks up to 5.0 kt
Info Average height above the spot 6 ft0 ft min to max 12 ft 12 0 ft
Info Average ground speed 4 kt0 kt min to max 7 kt 7 0 kt
Info Average VSI -10 fpm-20 fpm min to max 0 fpm -20 0 fpm
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.3 0.2 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 2.3 ° 2.3 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.04 g1.00 g min to max 1.09 g 1.09 1.00 g

Lift-off & hover

100.00Sink moving off0 fpm
100.00Nose down11°

Approach

31.10Steepest descent1,626 fpm
0.00Slow and sinking79 %
100.00Bank3°
100.00Nose up10°

Touchdown

100.00Rate at contact20 fpm
100.00Sideways drift0.0 kt
100.00Forward speed0.0 kt

From the flight's own track

Hover, approach and touchdown

Approach49.33

020040060005001,000Steepest, 1,626 fpm down

Height above the landing spot against distance to run, both in ft. is where it was below 30 kt and descending faster than 300 fpm - slow and sinking, which is what the settling mark counts.

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Flight narrative

The Airbus H145 accelerated from 6 kt to 62 kt, attaining an altitude of 306 ft above the spot within 33 seconds after departure.

Overhead EGPE Inverness Airport the aircraft entered an en-route climb, rising from 338 ft asl to 1 212 ft asl - a gain of 875 ft - in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.

Two miles east of Ardersier the helicopter proceeded to a level cruise that lasted 3 minutes and spanned 6 nm.

One mile north of Auldearn a second climb commenced, increasing altitude from 1 673 ft asl to 2 373 ft asl, an ascent of 700 ft achieved in 1 minute over a distance of 2 nm.

Three miles west of Forres the flight entered another cruise segment, maintaining level flight for 3 minutes and covering 6 nm.

Overhead EGQK RAF Kinloss a further climb was performed, climbing from 2 392 ft asl to 2 941 ft asl - a rise of 549 ft - in 1 minute while traversing 3 nm.

One mile south-east of Burghead the aircraft began its descent, dropping from 2 996 ft asl to 545 ft asl, a loss of 2 452 ft in 3 minutes and covering 4 nm.

The approach started 480 ft above the landing spot at 30 kt and decelerated to 4 kt over 23 seconds, covering less than 1 nm before touchdown.

Touchdown occurred with a vertical speed of 20 fpm and a ground speed of 0 kt.

In total the flight covered 23 nm, lasted 16 minutes, and consumed 22 kg of fuel.

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