Whats best? Manual E6B or Electronic?

I haven't used an E6B since I took delivery on my Garmin 296. I'm sure
that proves me terribly lacking in something or other, but there it
is!

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
forthcoming from HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com

"Cubdriver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
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I haven't used an E6B since I took delivery on my Garmin 296. I'm sure
that proves me terribly lacking in something or other, but there it
is!

I haven't used one since I had a LORAN installed in my aircraft.

If you really want to hone your skills, try using mental calculations. In
much of Europe the E6-B's are little known or used, but student pilots are
encouraged to learn simple mental calculations to solve
speed/distance/time and wind correction problems.

Here's a French link:
http://reseau.xplane.free.fr/formules/formules.html

Other contributors here certainly know English language links to the same
stuff. No need to be a math whiz - memorizing a few formulae will allow
you to do this stuff quickly in your head.

European instructors will tell you that using a calculator, mechanical or
electronic, is too much of a head-down exercise for VFR flight, and
represents a danger. . .

"Airbus" wrote in message ...
If you really want to hone your skills, try using mental calculations. In
much of Europe the E6-B's are little known or used, but student pilots are
encouraged to learn simple mental calculations to solve
speed/distance/time and wind correction problems.

Here's a French link:
http://reseau.xplane.free.fr/formules/formules.html

Other contributors here certainly know English language links to the same
stuff. No need to be a math whiz - memorizing a few formulae will allow
you to do this stuff quickly in your head.

European instructors will tell you that using a calculator, mechanical or
electronic, is too much of a head-down exercise for VFR flight, and
represents a danger. . .



Google:
http://translate.google.com/translat...005-02,GGLD:en

http://tinyurl.com/3y5d79

Here is an English sentence :

Four score and seven years ago, our Fathers set forth on this continent a new
nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal.

Translated to German via AltaVista BabelFish:

Vor vier Kerbe und sieben Jahren, unsere Väter legen auf diesem Kontinent eine
neue Nation fest, begriffen in der Freiheit, und der Angelegenheit eingeweiht,
daß alle Männer verursachtes Gleichgestelltes sind.

And back to English :

Before four notch and seven years, our fathers specify a new nation on this
continent, understood in the liberty, and the affair inaugurated that all men
are caused on an equal footing.

And this is a simple example, using English and German - which are similar
languages! When you go further - English and Korean, for example, you get this
:


It sleeps equally all men create and before 87 years, our father in this
continent is thought inside freedom, that, it gives it departs in proposition
and the new nation.

So much for Internet translations . . .

Nigel

E6B doesn't run out of batteries )

My E6B is over 35 years old and I work it like I did years ago.

Have an electronic one my wife bought me and never use.

Besides E6B will keep you busy while your dad flies.

Big John
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:56:10 -0700, "
wrote:

Hi all

Whats best for simplicity and price? The Metal/Plastic E6B or the
electronic one?

I'm the navigator on my dad's flights

Thanks

Nigel Reeves

" wrote:

Hi all

Whats best for simplicity and price? The Metal/Plastic E6B or the
electronic one?

I have an E6B emulator that I run on my computer. It is not a digital E6B
calculator, but rather a computer program that displays the various rings
and numbers that I can then use a mouse to rotate. I have used it to
navigate around the world.