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Pietenpol Air Camper

FAA approach category A Payware (Emerald Scenery Design)

Target for the Pietenpol Air Camper

Up to 50fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 50 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
52ktat 490 kg
Tail-strike limit
12°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
30 to 150mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Open-cockpit two-seat parasol-wing homebuilt designed by Bernard Pietenpol in 1928, built from wood and fabric and modelled with a 65 hp Continental A65 engine.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Tailwheel / Aerobatic category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 50fpm
90≤ 100fpm
75≤ 175fpm
55≤ 275fpm
35≤ 375fpm
10≤ 500fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.18g
75≤ 1.29g
55≤ 1.45g
35≤ 1.61g
10≤ 1.80g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Pietenpol
Model
Air Camper
Variant
Air Camper (Continental A65)
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
490 kg (1,080 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (Emerald Scenery Design)

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Pietenpol Air Camper
  • Air Camper
  • Pietenpol

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Pietenpol Air Camper, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.