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Until you mentioned the E6B I totally had forgotten that half a lifetime ago, as a student pilot I programmed my Radio Shack Pocket PC to do some of the E6B cal
by HeyLaughingBoy 1y ago
Until you mentioned the E6B I totally had forgotten that half a lifetime ago, as a student pilot I programmed my Radio Shack Pocket PC to do some of the E6B calculations.
It worked, but the usability of the tiny keyboard was crap in a bouncing, vibrating Cessna 152, forcing me to look down at my lap while flying. My instructor once said "you're going to kill yourself using that thing" so I eventually just gave up and bought the electronic E6B.
- Daviey 1y agoThat's awesome. I found 2 x E6B's in my garage last week after a clean out. Do you still have the code? I'd love to see how you wrote it. Try using SkyDemon or ForeFlight on an unmounted mobile phone, checking your way point and dropping it under your seat, whilst flying in congested airspace. It's a mistake you only make once :o
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoNo, that was a looong time ago. I actually gave the Pocket Computer away a while back for someone's "computer museum."