When approaching the runway in Garrad-Smith, I turned off AP as usual, flapped down a notch, and advanced to landingmode. I got a few "youre too high reduce throttle" and then I flapped to 30 degrees and pitched to 65 knots, and landed spot on (well 88 feet off) right on the centerline. Smith said "touchdown" I braked and stopped the plane in no time flat, and in a straight line, and Smith said I rate your landing at 38.52 points.

I hurried to the FSFS verdict page, so see what the heck... I did wrong, and this is the report.

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Ole Andreasen piloting Cessna Skyhawk 172SP G1000 ended 24. august 2009 at 23:50

Aircraft: Cessna    ID: N700MS    Airline:     Flight:
Flight plan: MKJS TO MWCB    NAV1:
Failure(s):
VSI inop for 4160,5 secs, still inop

Failure Event(s) (Zulu Time):
Failure: Z17:49:44 VSI

Failure Bonus:14%   Flight Duration:01 Hours   12 Mins   03 Secs

Landing Score:38,52

Landing was successful in the following areas:
* Good glideslope on visual approach.
* Good alignment with runway on visual approach.
* Gentle touchdown.
* Good landing speed - not too fast.
* Wings were level.
* Distance from touchdown target (visual approach): 88 feet
* Glideslope held until flare.
* Good pitch control after touchdown.
* Good pitch at landing.
* With flaps - good job.
* Heading aligned with runway.
* Throttle(s) idle.
* Good controlled final descent to touchdown.
* Good steering after landing.
  
A splendid landing

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I even got 14% failure bonus because of the VSI. Smith seemed to be happy about every single detail from my landing - so what the heck is that 38.52 score????? A splendid landing, 88 feet off, nothing wrong, not even a hard landing. good flare. And THIRTYEIGHT POINT FIVE TWO????? What the heck????? 

- anybody?

btw. I got 95 for the flight even though I got

Flight included the following problems:
* Sickening G forces - your passengers feel rather unwell.
* Rough pitch control - that flight felt like a rollercoaster.
* Nose held too low - we're not in combat.
Definite room for improvement...

All due to recovering from the VSI problem. But that is flight (and 95....) and NOT landing.

I just dont get it.

OK Joe, Joseph and Biggles; you may laugh now.

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

Just a very brief note to thank you for your swift response to my request for a dastardly deed to be performed to the leader of the C100.

But come now Felix I do think you were a little hard on him this time.

To Ole

To take your mind of your rotten luck I must report that I too had some bad luck, I han an autopilot malfunction (ie I, the great Biggles left it on - again :w00t

A bit of formation flying I think, what?

Ah those were the days

Biggles

Regards
Ole Andreasen, Denmark

Simple, so I could keep an eye on the others

Biggles

Avro Shackleton MkII's over Singapore

A little light reading if your interested http://users.bigpond.net.au/Shackleton/  Mo was on Shacks the same time as me. He was coming to the end of his service I think & I was at the start of mine. We never served on the same squadron though

Bruce

This is a puzzle - obviously this is an exception that proves that the rest of the time Smitty and his friends are getting it right.

As always - I am first attracted to anything unusual about the landing and all I can see at the moment is the VSI failure. 

I will look into any way this could produce an unwanted effect in the way that instructors compute the landing score.

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Ole Andreasen, Denmark

[b]oleandreasen  Now that I know that its not me, but in fact was Smith that blew his top here and went offbeat. Thanks. And besides I dont mind being the exception to the rule...

Lets make your winning the exception to the rule old bean, you don'yt want to tmake a habit of it now. Well, must go now as Biggles is a little weary.

I'm sure there was something else??????        Lets see......no!

Biggles

Ps: Just remembered - Well done Ole, a magnificent tour!