Cheap Glide Computer

On Nov 6, 3:09*am, Nick Hill wrote:
RT wrote:
I use a homemade prayer wheel that I copied from a free program off
the web somewhere. *For the cost of laminating two pieces of paper,
one screw, a nut, and a washer I have a fail proof circular computer.
And it has a scale on the side for measuring distances on a sectional
map too.

And it still works when the electrics fail.

Nick
Great if you've enough room in your cockpit to manipulate the charts.
I don't.
In the last 15,000 kilometers of cross country flying I've done, and
the other 200+hours of just-for-fun flying, I've had exactly ONE
problem with my flight computer, and that was fixed by a push of the
reset button. I have had more 'chart' failures than that. Trying to
re-fold the chart when I fly off the section I have open often results
in torn charts, and always results in quite a bit of time I'm NOT able
to keep my eyes out of the cockpit. I'll stick to my 'situation at a
glance' system for now.