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The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 906 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 906 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 166 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Taylorcraft BC-12D taxied from its parking position to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport in 1 minutes, covering less than 1 nm during the movement.
During the departure roll on runway 22, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 40 kt and left the ground after a takeoff run of 186 m, which represented 20 % of the available runway. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 15 °C with wind from 273° at 4 kt, including a 3 kt headwind and a 3 kt crosswind component.
The right-hand pattern entry commenced from runway 22, with the aircraft flying a distance of less than 1 nm in 16 seconds.
Continuing the right-hand pattern, the crosswind leg also covered less than 1 nm in 16 seconds.
On the downwind turn, the aircraft described a 1 nm arc to a 45° entry angle of 59.9° toward the runway.
The downwind leg was flown for 1 nm and required 60 seconds to complete.
During the base turn, the aircraft again traced a 1 nm segment, establishing a 45° entry angle of 43.8° to the runway.
The base leg was a brief segment of less than 1 nm completed in 6 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was executed over a distance of less than 1 nm in 39 seconds.
On final approach to runway 22, the aircraft descended from 289 ft agl to 17 ft agl in 32 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
Touchdown occurred on runway 22, whose total length is 906 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 40 kt, and the aircraft landed 162 m from the threshold at a speed of 28 kt with a touchdown rate of minus 71 fpm. The touchdown point was offset by 7.4 m from the centreline. Weather remained at a temperature of 15 °C with wind 4 kt from 273°, comprising a 3 kt headwind and a 3 kt crosswind.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 230 m, representing 25 % of the runway, and alignment during the rollout was reported as very good.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 5 nm, took 5 (unspecified units) to complete, and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The Taylorcraft BC-12D made its final approach to runway 22 at EGHN Isle of Wight / Sandown Airport, descending from 289 ft agl to 17 ft agl in 32 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft enjoyed a good height and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 40 kt.
Touchdown occurred 162 m down the runway with a speed of 28 kt, a touchdown rate of minus 71 fpm, and a total landing distance of 230 m (25 % of the 906 m runway). The touchdown point was offset 7.4 m from the centreline.
Rollout alignment was very good.
Maintain the target threshold speed of 40 kt and fine-tune lateral control to keep touchdown within a tighter centreline envelope; these adjustments will help convert the already strong 96.7 % score into an even more precise landing.
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