Today is a holiday called “Culture Day”, and I’m resting at home. Recalling the discussion about flight computers during the LUXURY FLIGHT, I realized I’ve forgotten quite a bit about how to use them, so I decided to review the E6-B.

Specific usage instructions are available in this site’s repository, so I won’t go into detail here. <a href=https://yinlei.org/x-plane10/view1.php?file=doc/e6b-manual.pdf>Simplified Chinese version of ASA E6B Instructions English version of ASA E6B Instructions

The manual that comes with the flight computer itself contains nearly 30 problems. After working through them one by one and checking the answers at the back, I found that there are still some areas I had forgotten, such as volume and weight conversions.

Generally, when playing X-Plane 10, I mainly fly the Cessna 172. During flights, I just use the E6B to calculate the Wind Correction Angle for crosswinds, and to estimate the flight time for each leg based on speed. It looks like I should review this every so often, otherwise, if I don’t practice the less common functions, I’ll slowly forget them all…