Problem Best Electronic E6B?

I use my sporty's E6B all the time, not so much for navigation but for
W&B, and Density Altitude calculations.

Once I bought a plane that couldn't be loaded outside of CG limits (when
carrying people, not pianos, anyway), and with enough power to take off on
even the hottest, highest days, I ceased needing to know that stuff.

We've got a beautiful metal E6B in the lobby of our aviation-themed hotel,
and it's fun to show to visiting pilots. Most of them scratch their heads
and say something like "Wow, I haven't seen one of these in years!"
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Serious thread drift, but how many of us actually use an E6B these days
anyway?

I do, all the time, for flight planning. For in-the-air work I find my
mental math to be sufficient.

Jose
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Lakeview Bill wrote:
I have already eliminated the Jepp model since it is being discontinued, so,
which do you guys think is the better unit, the CX-2 Pathfinder Flight
Computer or the Sporty's E6B?

Never really used the CX-2, but had a Sporty's which I liked. Rugged
and easy to use.

I had once thought about getting the Sporty's flat E6B, which could be
put in a kneeboard's paper rings, but some owners said the LCD
sometimes cracked easily because of the thinner shell.

Kev

Jay Honeck wrote:
It's not that we're not sticking to the subject, it's that we're trying to
save you from buying an utterly useless device.

I agree. We were given a Sporty's E6B as a gift during our student
days. Not sure whether it was allowed during the written test, we just
continued to use our whiz wheels. I think we turned it on once just to
check out the features and had never used it. I don't even where we
put the darn thing in the house (probably under piles of aviation books
& magazines ;-)).

We purposedly flew without GPS for over a year after getting our PP
certificates to practice our pilotage and dead reckoning skills for
cross country trips. Good old whiz wheel was used for the planning.
Enroute, wind corrections were adjusted mainly with pilotage. I find it
easier to use some mental math tricks than to fiddle with any
calculation devices.

I agree that the GPS simpliflies eveyrything in flying. BTW, I just
checked Sporty's E6B price at $59.95. This is pretty close to the
price of a non-aviation GPS nowaday!

Hai Longworth

You are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.