Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
A positive reading means you’re climbing, while a negative one indicates descent. If the VSI shows a steady zero reading, you’re in level flight. Airspeed and VSI: When you adjust airspeed, your rate of climb or descent may also change. In a climb or descent, this is just as true. Which readings should go hand-in-hand?
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The electronic E6B is equally useful when in the airplane, to help determine actual winds aloft, true airspeed, fuel burn, and descent planning. Well use the Sportys electronic E6B flight computer in this quiz when calculating flight planning and navigation questions. 926 175 167 Correct! knots Correct!
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The resulting loss of lift leads to a rapid descent by the aircraft. All flight controls are actuated electronically, and theres no physical link between the control sidesticks in the cockpit and the flight surfaces. The electronic actuation is governed by a flight computer, which is able to move the ailerons very precisely.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
In most flight schools, the practical flight training portion will follow a set progression: Basic aircraft control : Learning to fly straight and level, make turns, and perform climbs and descents. Navigation : Planning and going on cross-country flights. Flight planning : Calculating time, distance, and fuel needs.
Fear of Landing
MAY 3, 2024
This led to EPU4 losing its tilting function; as a result the flight computer spooled it down, as designed for a tilt fault. A vertical descent rate of 19.5 feet per second is twice the maximum descent speed and it collapsed under the impact. A vertical descent rate of 19.5
Flying Magazine
MAY 14, 2024
Learn to Use a Mechanical E6-B Flight Computer Don’t let it intimidate you. For the pilots (often lapsed CFIs) who argue that the cockpits of turboprops and jets have flight management systems and backups on backups for navigation that will tell you wind correction angles, ground speed, time en route, etc.,
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 27, 2025
ASA CX-3 Flight Computer Based on the ASA CX-3 Flight Computer for pilots, this E6B app allows you to perform routine aviation calculations on your iPhone or iPad. ASA Training Apps ASA is a leading provider of knowledge test prep resources and eBooks for pilots working on a variety of certificates and ratings.
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