NACO Plates/How do you hold them?

[Mitty]

I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke boards.
One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget that makes this
easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a gadget or not. I did;
that's why I designed it.

TIA.

[Ross]

Mitty wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke
> boards. One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget
> that makes this easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a
> gadget or not. I did; that's why I designed it.
>
> TIA.

I get the loose leaf sets and just take out what I need for that flight.
I bought the binders from Sportys

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

[B A R R Y[_2_]]

Mitty wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke
> boards. One plate or the whole book.

I like the loose leaf version that allows me to remove what I want and
easily replace it when I'm done. Frequently used plates are in the
plastic sleeves sold by most pilot shops.

Mine are simply clipped to my kneeboard in a stack. I'll put the
airport diagram on a yoke clip, when I need one.

[[email protected]]

I put the whole book in my lap and use paper clips to keep it open to
a certain page. I'm too damn disorganized to pull out loose leafs and
go on more than a couple of flights without losing them or getting
them way out of order.

Peter

Mitty wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke boards.
> One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget that makes this
> easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a gadget or not. I did;
> that's why I designed it.
>
> TIA.

[Doug Carter]

On 2007-10-26, Mitty > wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke boards.
> One plate or the whole book.

I keep a more or less recent copy of bound plates for unexpected stops and
print current plates from AOPA for the actual flight. I keep the printed
copies on a clipboard along with the enroute charts and flightplan.

The clipboard spends most of its time in the gap between the front seats.

[Bonehenge (B A R R Y)]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:03:05 -0700, wrote:

> I'm too damn disorganized to pull out loose leafs and
>go on more than a couple of flights without losing them or getting
>them way out of order.

An HONEST man!

Spoken by a guy who has purchased replacement sets, because he lost
too many pages. <G>

I still go with loose leaf, because I find the back sides easier to
use.

[Andrew Sarangan]

On Oct 26, 11:24 am, Mitty > wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke boards.
> One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget that makes this
> easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a gadget or not. I did;
> that's why I designed it.
>
> TIA.

I print them out on 8.5x11 sheets and clip them to the yoke, but I
carry the NACO book just in case.

[Matt Whiting]

Mitty wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke
> boards. One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget
> that makes this easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a
> gadget or not. I did; that's why I designed it.

I use the loose leaf plates in binders from Sporty's. I remove the
plates for the upcoming destination and clip them on my homemade knee
board (just an office clip board with felt glued to the back). I can
then easily pull out the particular plate needed and clip it to the yoke
clip. And if the approach changes, I can easily swap the plate from the
yoke to the clip board.

Matt

[Mark Manes]

I open them to the page I want, fold it over and put a big gorilla clip to
hold it there. I hold it in my lap when flying the approach otherwise it's
on top of the organizer between seats.
I have tried other ways but this works best for me.

Mark
N28409
WC5I
....
>I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke
>boards. One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget that
>makes this easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a gadget or
>not. I did; that's why I designed it.
>
> TIA.

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]]

Mark Manes wrote:
> I open them to the page I want, fold it over and put a big gorilla clip to
> hold it there. I hold it in my lap when flying the approach otherwise it's
> on top of the organizer between seats.
> I have tried other ways but this works best for me.


Ditto. I used to use Jepps and would pull out the individual pages at the
beginning of the flight and clip them to a kneeboard. Later when I started
flying cargo, I was provided with the NOS charts and started doing as you do.
As much as I loved those Jepps, the update program was and is a major PITA.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

[Paul kgyy]

I use the bound copy so I don't have to mess with binders. I tear out
the pages needed for destination and alternate and insert them into a
little spiral binder with plastic pages that I got from Sporty's.
Open the book to the needed approach and clip it to my yoke board.
The book is in the back seat in case i need another airport.

[Andrey Serbinenko]

I usually have a bound NOS booklet in my flightbag, and print the plates
I'd need for my destination from NACO website. The yoke-mounted clipboard
I use is sturdy enough to hold the entire booklet, but I prefer having just
the plates I need in front of me. An additional benefit of using the
printouts is that I can make them larger, and I can write on them.

Andrey


Mitty > wrote:
> I am curious how people hold their NACO plates on kneeboards and yoke boards.
> One plate or the whole book. I have designed a little gadget that makes this
> easy but have no idea whether the market wants such a gadget or not. I did;
> that's why I designed it.
>
> TIA.

[B A R R Y[_2_]]

paul kgyy wrote:
> I use the bound copy so I don't have to mess with binders. I tear out
> the pages needed for destination and alternate and insert them into a
> little spiral binder with plastic pages that I got from Sporty's.
> Open the book to the needed approach and clip it to my yoke board.
> The book is in the back seat in case i need another airport.
>


That seems like more work than simply "messing with binders". <G>

[Ray Andraka]

B A R R Y wrote:

> paul kgyy wrote:
>
>> I use the bound copy so I don't have to mess with binders. I tear out
>> the pages needed for destination and alternate and insert them into a
>> little spiral binder with plastic pages that I got from Sporty's.
>> Open the book to the needed approach and clip it to my yoke board.
>> The book is in the back seat in case i need another airport.
>>
>
>
> That seems like more work than simply "messing with binders". <G>

I just use a fat rubber band on the bound NOS charts to hold it open to
the approach I am flying.

[Randy[_1_]]

I found that picnic table clips from the Dollar Store (6 to a pack)
work wonders on NOS books. For shorter trips and practice, I print
out just the ones I need.


On Oct 31, 3:16 pm, Ray Andraka > wrote:
> B A R R Y wrote:
>
> > paul kgyy wrote:
>
> >> I use the bound copy so I don't have to mess with binders. I tear out
> >> the pages needed for destination and alternate and insert them into a
> >> little spiral binder with plastic pages that I got from Sporty's.
> >> Open the book to the needed approach and clip it to my yoke board.
> >> The book is in the back seat in case i need another airport.
>
> > That seems like more work than simply "messing with binders". <G>
>
> I just use a fat rubber band on the bound NOS charts to hold it open to
> the approach I am flying.