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E6bmanual2016.Pdf ® Electronic Flight Computer SPORTY’S E6B ELECTRONIC FLIGHT COMPUTER Sporty’s E6B Flight Computer is designed to perform 24 aviation functions and 20 standard conversions, and includes timer and clock functions. We hope that you enjoy your E6B Flight Computer. Its use has been made easy through direct path menu selection and calculation prompting. As you will soon learn, Sporty’s E6B is one of the most useful and versatile of all aviation computers. Copyright © 2016 by Sportsman’s Market, Inc. Version 13.16A page: 1 CONTENTS BEFORE USING YOUR E6B ...................................................... 3 DISPLAY SCREEN .................................................................... 4 PROMPTS AND LABELS ........................................................... 5 SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS ....................................................... 7 FUNCTION MENU KEYS ........................................................... 8 ARITHMETIC FUNCTIONS ........................................................ 9 AVIATION FUNCTIONS ............................................................. 9 CONVERSIONS ....................................................................... 10 CLOCK FUNCTION .................................................................. 12 ADDING AND SUBTRACTING TIME ....................................... 13 TIMER FUNCTION ................................................................... 14 HEADING AND GROUND SPEED ........................................... 15 PRESSURE AND DENSITY ALTITUDE .................................... 16 GROUNDSPEED. ..................................................................... 17 PLANNED TRUE AIRSPEED .................................................... 18 ACTUAL TRUE AIRSPEED ...................................................... 19 PLANNED MACH NUMBER. ................................................... 20 ACTUAL MACH NUMBER ..................................................... .21 FUEL REQUIRED ..................................................................... 22 REQUIRED RATE OF CLIMB .................................................. 23 REQUIRED RATE OF DESCENT ............................................. 24 REQUIRED TRUE AIRSPEED .................................................. 25 REQUIRED CALIBRATED AIRSPEED ..................................... 26 WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION .............................................. 27 CROSSWIND, HEADWIND AND TAILWIND .......................... 28 CLOUD BASE .......................................................................... 29 DISTANCE FLOWN ................................................................. 30 TOP OF DESCENT ................................................................... 31 ENDURANCE ........................................................................... 32 LEG TIME ................................................................................ 33 SPECIFIC RANGE .................................................................... 34 FUEL PER HOUR. .................................................................... 35 WEIGHT AND ARM. ................................................................ 36 WEIGHT AND MOMENT ......................................................... 39 PERCENT MAC ....................................................................... 41 APPENDIX A: SAMPLE PROBLEMS ....................................... 42 WEIGHT AND MEASURE CONVERSIONS. ............................ 47 BATTERY REPLACEMENT ..................................................... 48 TROUBLESHOOTING AND CARE ........................................... 49 WARRANTY INFORMATION ................................................... 50 page: 2 888888 888888888888888888 888888 888888 888888 888888888888888888 888888 888888 888888 888888888888888888888888 888888888888 888888 888888 888888888888888888888888 888888888888 888888 888888 888888888888888888888888 888888888888 888888 888888 888888.888888888888888888 888888 HDG/GS BEFORE USING YOUR E6B 888888.888888. 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