Problem Best Electronic E6B?

Again, tanks to everyone who responded, but please let's just stick with
the
question I am asking...

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.

It's somewhat akin to buying Super Unleaded gasoline for a Ford Festiva.
Sure, it won't kill ya, but it's sure a waste of good money.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:S0Rdf.540530$_o.385230@attbi_s71...
Again, tanks to everyone who responded, but please let's just stick with
the
question I am asking...

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.

It's somewhat akin to buying Super Unleaded gasoline for a Ford Festiva.
Sure, it won't kill ya, but it's sure a waste of good money.
--
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? Personally, I'm too lazy, especially when I have a GPS on-board.
Back in the days where people were flying without nav-aids, I'm sure it was
great to have the 'ol E6B to estimate drift angles and the like, but with a
GPS, it gives accurate and instant feedback so I can handle drift (and ETA
and a hundred other things) real-time.

KB

Kyle Boatright wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:S0Rdf.540530$_o.385230@attbi_s71...

Again, tanks to everyone who responded, but please let's just stick with
the
question I am asking...

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.

It's somewhat akin to buying Super Unleaded gasoline for a Ford Festiva.
Sure, it won't kill ya, but it's sure a waste of good money.
--
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? Personally, I'm too lazy, especially when I have a GPS on-board.
Back in the days where people were flying without nav-aids, I'm sure it was
great to have the 'ol E6B to estimate drift angles and the like, but with a
GPS, it gives accurate and instant feedback so I can handle drift (and ETA
and a hundred other things) real-time.

KB


I use my sporty's E6B all the time, not so much for navigation but for
W&B, and Density Altitude calculations. Heck, I even use it
once-in-a-while as a timer for non-aviation activities. And since my
wife is forever mis-placing our regular desk calculator, its nice to
know that I always have my "own" calculator ready and waiting in my
flight bag (she doesn't get into that bag).

Now I am curious. What kind of calculations can you do except divide by
60?

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
oups.com...
Now I am curious. What kind of calculations can you do except divide by
60?

Now *I'm* curious, did you not realize how it is an E6B accomplishes "divide
by 60"?

The core of an E6B is simply a circular slide rule. As with a basic linear
slide rule, you have two logarithmic scales that allow you to perform any
multiplication or division you like.

The "60" is highlighted, and the regular logarithmic scale is paralleled by
a conversion from minutes to hours. This makes time-speed-distance
calculations even easier. But they don't restrict your use of the slide
rule.

Pete

You are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

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
--
He who laughs, lasts.
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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