Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Well use the Sportys electronic E6B flight computer in this quiz when calculating flight planning and navigation questions. You can use any E6B flight computer to answer this quiz, though you may see minor differences in the results due to rounding. knots Correct! knots Correct! knots Correct!

Flight Plan 52

Flight Plan True Airspeed Flight Computer Groundspeed 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The student pilot may initially struggle to understand the functions of an E6B flight computer. But pilots around the globe rely on this indispensable gadget for charting their flights, crunching numbers to determine time in transit, fuel usage, and necessary adjustments for wind shifts. That means our groundspeed was 90 knots.

Groundspeed 52

Groundspeed True Airspeed Density Altitude Knot 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

It’s typically measured in knots (nautical miles per hour), with one knot being about 1.15 As an aircraft accelerates, especially at or above 200 knots, the air particles flowing around it become tightly packed. You can use a flight computer like an E6B or onboard avionics to determine your true airspeed.

True Airspeed 52

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 3, 2024

The prototype is designed as a piloted aircraft but the initial test flight in July 2023 was unmanned. The prototype lifted off, hovered and flew at a speed of 40 knots before landing. Aviation photographer Michael Stappen was at Cotswold Airport and got a photograph of that first flight. A propeller blade flew off of EPU3.

Descent 100

Descent Knot Thrust Lift 100

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Surface winds are already thirty knots gusting to forty-five. Forecast much stronger, up to one hundred knots.” One hour out, our ground speed is an absurdly slow: seventy knots as indicated by our distance measuring equipment (DME). “My calculations agree with the DME readout of seventy knots.”

Weather 98

Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 98

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 21, 2025

At certain airspeeds and with certain flap settings, the installation and instrument errors may total several knots. The most accurate method is to use a conventional or electronic flight computer. This error is generally greatest at low airspeeds. As altitude increases, TAS increases for a given CAS.

Calibrated Airspeed 93

Calibrated Airspeed True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Airplanes 93

Plane and Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

Make sure to bring an E6B flight computer into your exam in case you need to calculate density altitude or find a temperature conversion. Example question: What is the minimum distance from clouds required in VFR flight at night in uncontrolled airspace at 9,500 feet msl? As altitude increases, density altitude decreases.

Density Altitude 81

Density Altitude Pilot Center of Gravity VOR 81