Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B functions?
Which ones, and what did you think?

I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I don't
know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I don't
think it's downloadable.

Does anyone who actually flies ever use those contraptions?

I've got a metal E6-B. I need it for written tests (last one coming up
shortly) but have never found any use for one in the real world.

Well, that's not quite true. It is just the right height that it does
a good job of holding up the side of my flight bag, giving it a sharp
square look rather than having the nylon collapse. A aluminum knee
board, also never used, props up the other end.

One of those battery-operated gizmos, that would be just too much.


On Jan 7, 2:37 pm, Mxsmanic > wrote:
> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B functions?
> Which ones, and what did you think?
>
> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I don't
> know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I don't
> think it's downloadable.

In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic > wrote:
> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B functions?
> Which ones, and what did you think?

> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I don't
> know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I don't
> think it's downloadable.

Yes, it is AFTER you pay for it.


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Mxsmanic > wrote in
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> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
> functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
>
> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
> don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same
> price but I don't think it's downloadable.
>



Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?


(for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has a
begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)

Bertie

I have the Sporty Palm E6B, works great.. it is handier to have with me than
a "real" E6B as I always have my Palm, but don't always have my flight gear
handy. I do not use it in flight, I may use it during some mission planning,
if I am not at home to use the home computer for mission planning with
access to online data bases, weather etc.

BT

> wrote in message
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> In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic > wrote:
>> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B functions?
>> Which ones, and what did you think?
>
>> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
>> don't
>> know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I
>> don't
>> think it's downloadable.
>
> Yes, it is AFTER you pay for it.
>
>
> --
> Jim Pennino
>
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Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> Mxsmanic > wrote in
> :

> > Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
> > functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
> >
> > I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
> > don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same
> > price but I don't think it's downloadable.
> >



> Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?


> (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has a
> begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)

Got a URL for that?

I need a good laugh.

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I should add that I do have an "standard" E6B on my "knee pad" during
flight.. spinning wheels are much easier in flight that dealing with a tiny
LCD display... but 9 times out of 10, mental math is used and E6B is not.

BT

"BT" > wrote in message
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>I have the Sporty Palm E6B, works great.. it is handier to have with me
>than a "real" E6B as I always have my Palm, but don't always have my flight
>gear handy. I do not use it in flight, I may use it during some mission
>planning, if I am not at home to use the home computer for mission planning
>with access to online data bases, weather etc.
>
> BT
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic > wrote:
>>> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
>>> functions?
>>> Which ones, and what did you think?
>>
>>> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
>>> don't
>>> know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I
>>> don't
>>> think it's downloadable.
>>
>> Yes, it is AFTER you pay for it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Pennino
>>
>> Remove .spam.sux to reply.
>
>

wrote in :

> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>> Mxsmanic > wrote in
>> :
>
>> > Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
>> > functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
>> >
>> > I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
>> > don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same
>> > price but I don't think it's downloadable.
>> >
>
>
>
>> Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?
>
>
>> (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has a
>> begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)
>
> Got a URL for that?
>
> I need a good laugh.
>


No, dammit! Sorry. I did have it but I can't find it now!

Bertie

> wrote in message
...
> Does anyone who actually flies ever use those contraptions?
>
Yep, i fly a C152 with a single VOR (well a COM and XPDR too but thats it
for avionics). I'm always doing the dead reckoning / pilotage thing, and
use my e6b up there to calculate winds aloft, amongst other more mundane
things. Any trip over 100nm I do at least two winds aloft pireps. When
there is time left, I work on flying the plan and keeping an eye out for
traffic too if cockpit activities allow.
T

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:58:10 -0800 (PST), wrote:

> One of those battery-operated gizmos, that would be just too much.

I don't use my electronic E6B for anything flight related anymore but it
has become my favorite $70 hand held calculator.


--
Dallas

Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
:

> wrote in
> :
>
>> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>>> Mxsmanic > wrote in
>>> :
>>
>>> > Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
>>> > functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
>>> >
>>> > I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else,
>>> > but I don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for
>>> > the same price but I don't think it's downloadable.
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>> Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?
>>
>>
>>> (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has
>>> a begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)
>>
>> Got a URL for that?
>>
>> I need a good laugh.
>>
>
>
> No, dammit! Sorry. I did have it but I can't find it now!
>
> Bertie
>

Try http://tinyurl.com/2ay8c2

Or, if you don't trust tinyurl, try:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=1A
DWAF35J648X

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"Marty Shapiro" > wrote in message
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> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote in
> :
>
>> wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>>>> Mxsmanic > wrote in
>>>> :
>>>
>>>> > Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
>>>> > functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
>>>> >
>>>> > I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else,
>>>> > but I don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for
>>>> > the same price but I don't think it's downloadable.
>>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?
>>>
>>>
>>>> (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has
>>>> a begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)
>>>
>>> Got a URL for that?
>>>
>>> I need a good laugh.
>>>
>>
>>
>> No, dammit! Sorry. I did have it but I can't find it now!
>>
>> Bertie
>>
>
> Try http://tinyurl.com/2ay8c2
>
> Or, if you don't trust tinyurl, try:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=1A
> DWAF35J648X
>
> --



11 pages of junk he wants? Wow. Looks like Anthony better get busy giving
tours.

I did a Kitplanes article on pilot software for the Palm about, oh, four or
seven years ago. You might google "kitplanes" "jim weir" and "palm
software". There are a couple of freebies out there that do a really good
job.

Jim

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--Henry Ford

"Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
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> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B functions?
> Which ones, and what did you think?
>
> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
> don't
> know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same price but I
> don't
> think it's downloadable.

This one sure: http://lauriedavis9.tripod.com/copilot/

I used it every day.

Paul


"Bertie the Bunyip" > a écrit dans le message de news:
...
> Mxsmanic > wrote in
> :
>
>> Has anyone used any programs for a Palm Pilot that provide E6B
>> functions? Which ones, and what did you think?
>>
>> I found something called FlightPal on the Net and not much else, but I
>> don't know anything about it. Sporty's has something for the same
>> price but I don't think it's downloadable.
>>
>
>
>
> Gonna put it on your begging list and hope someone buys it for you?
>
>
> (for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, Anthony has a
> begging list on amazon. Check it out, it;'s pretty funny)
>
> Bertie