E6B

[TEX]

Does ForeFlight subscription come with  an E6B. ?? Anybody got any recommendations on a good electronically E6B the Sportys version did not get very high reviews. iPad /iPhone 

[Rwsavory]

I don't think it comes with ForeFlight.  I use the MyE6B app.  It's excellent.

[bonal]

Well, I still keep an original E6B in my flight bag along with paper sectionals if all else goes wrong I can still resolve any uncertainty if things out the window don't look right.  I always liked the way the 6b functions. 

[201er]

E6b? What use could you possibly have for one when the efb apps give you all the calculations done for all kinds of questions instantly. Distance, time to destination, density altitude, etc..

[carusoam]

Suddenly, I'm thinking like a young guy...

Ipad with a back-up iPhone with a back up watch...  

what would I get from an electronic E6B?  Fuel burn, true airspeed, time to next wpt?

Look through the menu system on Foreflight.  Expect that they have one in there.  WingX does.

Please share what you use the old whiz wheel for. I'm thinking the world has found a better way.  And, they will share what it is....

Best regards,

-a-

Edited February 3, 2017 by carusoam

[jlunseth]

I have the Sporty's, it is ok.  But I gotta tell you, I bought it several years ago and I have never used it.  I get all the information I need from the instruments on my panel.  For flight planning I keep it simple, I flight plan for 13 gph, but frankly, given the fuel capacity and range of my 231, I can count on one hand the number of times there has been even a remote issue about range.  I use www.fltplan.com if I need good flight planning, the flight planning in Foreflight is just so so.  It does fuel and time calculations, but has not way of dealing with long climbs to altitude, which are fairly common in the 231.  I have a custom profile set up in fltplan and it does very accurate fuel calculations for me when needed.  So I have the electronic version on my iPad, a standard E6B in my Brightline flight bad, and one on my wrist, and I use those three exactly zero times per year.

[bonal]

Well it's pretty simple if I can't get my technology to function and I need to travel cross country and the winds are a blowing I can use my paper charts and my wheel to figure out everything I need to know to get me there. Electronics can fail extremely rare but possible. An E6B my charts and my brain will always work n a pinch. 

[201er]

54 minutes ago, bonal said:

An E6B my charts and my brain will always work n a pinch. 

I think you will find that this tends to be the weakest link.

How many times have you actually had enough technology fail that an e6b actually saved you?

[MB65E]

I still have one at my desk. It was my Grandpas old metal one. 

Kinda neat! But I'll admit I have not had one in an airplane in the last oh...16 years. 

Its also pretty hard to figure X-wind components in your head if you ask me. 

-Matt

[midlifeflyer]

I have a lovely metal one.

i got my private in 1990 and have not used an E6B in the cockpit since. I purchased Sporty's electronic E6B when I was working on my instrument rating  but never used it in the cockpit either. My flight plan for my instrument checkride in 1992 was based on the new Hi Tech  - a high speed 1200 baud modem connected by Telnet to the first generation DUAT service. I used to carry th e-E6B  in my flight bag but eventually sold it. Come to think of it, I stopped using the E6B altogether about The time DUAT arrived , even on the ground, except to keep enough skill up to be able to teach it as a CFI. 

i do, however, have the Sporty's E6B app on my iPad. I picked it up mostly to do IFR crossing restriction calculations. Yes they are easy but I consider myself to be very bad at mental math so I like having the crutch. Haven't used it in the cockpit either (not even for crossing restrictions) but I like to know it's there.

[ArtVandelay]

. An E6B my charts and my brain will always work n a pinch. 

Unless you are in turbulence, IMC, or its night and your flashlight has failed, or you forgot your reading glasses, or ....

[1964-M20E]

I still keep my metal E6B in my bag.  Rarely does it come out with 2 GPS tracking my course heading and time to next waypoint.  Sometimes just for fun.  When I wasn't flying I used it to calculate fuel mileage in my truck and time to my next stop or destination when traveling on the highway.

Makes me fell more like a pilot especially when you pull it out in front of newbie passengers.

Besides the E6B will survive and thrive in the future Spock used it on Star Trek and a bonus not batteries needed. 

All my fling ht plans are done on DUATS so I have not calculated wind correction angle, or flight time with winds by hand in a long time and when flying VFR I'm generally in areas that I know well.

 

[bonal]

Honestly I don't know why some of you get so jacked up about the simplest things. What do you care what I put in my bag. Oh and by the way we used slide rules to get to the moon.

[midlifeflyer]

1 hour ago, bonal said:

Honestly I don't know why some of you get so jacked up about the simplest things. What do you care what I put in my bag. Oh and by the way we used slide rules to get to the moon.

Who got jacked up?

Besides..

[peevee]

I used to be able to do all the multiplication and other stuff an e6b can do. I've long since forgotten and haven't used one in 15+ years probably.

[Andy95W]

3 minutes ago, midlifeflyer said:

 

Hah! Take that, Stinkypants!

 

[bonal]

I'm guessing the one dark screen over Spok's left shoulder failed and it had a critical piece of information so he pulled out his trusty 6b for the answer.

[1964-M20E]

EMP knocked out their GPS, RNAV and the federation decommissioned all the space VORs  so they needed to go to dead reckoning, pilotage or what ever those terms are.

Surprised they didn't use a sextant on a show or maybe they did I don't know. 

 

 

[thinwing]

I think Spock's got it upside down