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Offline Flyin6

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I finally updated my aging flight computer
« on: October 15, 2019, 09:22:44 AM »
This is what aviators for a century used to calculate time to target, fuel burn rate and a thousand other things

Called the venerable "E6B" it is a circular slide rule

I updated mine

Watcha think?
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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2019, 01:53:17 PM »
Makes sense to me.


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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2019, 02:04:35 PM »
How long does the charge last on that bad boy :wink:
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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2019, 03:06:53 PM »
How long does the charge last on that bad boy :wink:
Don't know, its not financed???
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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2019, 06:29:32 PM »
This is what aviators for a century used to calculate time to target, fuel burn rate and a thousand other things

Called the venerable "E6B" it is a circular slide rule

I updated mine

Watcha think?

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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2019, 11:26:11 PM »
Wheres the "on" button?
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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2019, 07:09:15 AM »
There is probably an APP for that.
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Re: I finally updated my aging flight computer
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2019, 04:52:05 PM »
There is probably an APP for that.
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