Anyone have a PIREP for a zuluboard kneeboard?

Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it? Thanks
in advance!

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Jack Allison
PP-ASEL

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
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Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it? Thanks
in advance!

I've got one. I've used it on a few cross countries. It's not bad. I
woudn't dump your existing kneeboard to buy it, but if you need a
kneeboard, this one is a pretty decent one. It straps down well, carries
a few charts and pens, and the organization on the pad helps you write and
find what you need.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"Almost any animal is capable of learning a stimulus/response association,
given enough repetition. Experimental observation suggests that this
isn't true if double-clicking is involved." -Lionel Lauer and Malcolm Ray

They suck. They're working the "razor blade" business model - they offer
special paper for the kneeboard. You can use a regular note pad if you
remove a screw, but... Not as much space for approach plates/pens as my
basic IFR knee pad.

Looks nice. Not very functional. I'll sell you mine (never flown with it) -
brown waxed canvas - $10.

"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it?
Thanks
in advance!

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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I don't have a zuluboard kneeboard but I do have an ASA kneeboard that I
never use anymore (Sorry Bob Gardner).... The best "kneeboard" I have
found is one I made with $7.00 worth of materials from Staples. Go get a
11" x 8" clipboard with a couple of extra clips, a 99 cent mouse pad,
and some stick on Velcro tape. Glue the mousepad to the bottom of the
board with some rubber cement (the neoprene side down). This will make
the clipboard not move around as it sits accross your lap. Take the
Velcro tape and attach it to a couple of pens, your flashlight, ect...
You can then attach them to the clipboard wherever you want. The extra
clips will hold your charts, notepad ect... It works great.... It is
like having a little desk with you... I have used it for all of my IRF
training without a problem...

I wish I could take credit for the idea but I really got it from Rod
Machado's "Instument Flying Handbook". Good luck....

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL
Student-IA

Jack Allison wrote:

Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it? Thanks
in advance!

"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it?
Thanks
in advance!

Do you see a lot of professional pilots using kneeboards? Does your
instructor use one?

IMHO any kneeboard is worse than no kneeboard. The kneeboard is a solution
in search of a problem.

I write notes on a small spiral notepad, preferably with a pen. Everything
else goes into a little bag or a pocket where I can reach it when I need it.
There is absolutely no need to have everything spread out in front of you
all of the time. A simple clipboard is sufficient for your cross country
navigation log.

As Rod Machado points out, a pilot still needs a few kneeboards for the
kneeboard clapping dances we do during our secret rituals in abandoned
hangars at night. These should be large and heavy and hard so as to make the
maximum clapping noise.

C,

Do you see a lot of professional pilots using kneeboards? Does your
instructor use one?


Maybe not, but they believe in the dangers of downwind turns and
lean-of-peak, too. So what does that show?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...
"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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Does anyone own a zuluboard kneeboard and if so, how do you like it?
Thanks
in advance!

Do you see a lot of professional pilots using kneeboards? Does your
instructor use one?

well, if he were my student he could answer "yes" to the your second question.


IMHO any kneeboard is worse than no kneeboard. The kneeboard is a solution
in search of a problem.

i use a small (5 x 8) kneeboard. it keeps my small notepad handy and
allows me to scribble notes with one hand -- i don't have to fish for the
pad, and i don't have to hold it in place when i write.


I write notes on a small spiral notepad, preferably with a pen. Everything
else goes into a little bag or a pocket where I can reach it when I need it.
There is absolutely no need to have everything spread out in front of you
all of the time. A simple clipboard is sufficient for your cross country
navigation log.

here i would agree -- i don't have everything spread out in front of me.
but i do like having my notepad secured.


As Rod Machado points out, a pilot still needs a few kneeboards for the
kneeboard clapping dances we do during our secret rituals in abandoned
hangars at night. These should be large and heavy and hard so as to make the
maximum clapping noise.

do you have an aresti diagram of the "kneeboard clapping dance"? please
share it. :-) :-)

g_a

I use a clipboard which was about $2 from K-Mart.

Since it's US paper sized and a bit too small for A4, if I need
more paper I have to get it while I'm in the US!

I really should invest another £3 or so for an A4 sized one.
But then you know what us pilots are like with spending
money unnecessarily.

Paul

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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A simple clipboard is sufficient for your cross country
navigation log.

gross_arrow wrote:
do you have an aresti diagram of the "kneeboard clapping dance"? please
share it. :-) :-)

1982 or 1983, I did design a Aresti "OhiO" sequence. Some people saw it
and actually went out and practiced it.

O... Loop
h... Vertical to Tailslide with half-roll to Spin
i... Hammerhead
O... Loop

"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...

Do you see a lot of professional pilots using kneeboards? Does your
instructor use one?


I'd have to answer "yes" to that one. Of course, those profesional
pilots happen to work for Uncle Sam in cramped fighter cockpits. When
flying VFR, those kneeboards generally hold strip charts of the route
of flight and some scratch paper.

I use a kneeboard for some flights. It makes it easier for me to
copy clearances, weather, etc... with one hand while I fly the plane
with the other.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)