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Taylorcraft BC-12D

FAA approach category A Payware (Got Friends)

Target for the Taylorcraft BC-12D

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 544 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

Two-seat side-by-side high-wing light aircraft from Taylorcraft of Alliance, Ohio, the postwar BC-12D version with a 65 hp Continental A-65, introduced in 1945.

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
Taylorcraft
Model
BC-12D
Variant
BC12-D (A-65); BC12D-85 (C-85 versions)
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
544 kg (1,199 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (Got Friends)

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Taylorcraft BC-12D
  • BC-12D
  • Taylorcraft

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Every landing in the Taylorcraft BC-12D, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.