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I'm curious to see what type of methods or rules of thumbs everyone is using to get ETA and ETE on diversions?
 
This is another reason I'm an advocate or the whiz wheel over the electonic E6-Bs. I'm assuming like a good student you have a current sectional in the cockpit to plan the diversion. Use the handy scale on the side og the E6-B to get your distance, then use the wheel to determine the ETE. Add that to the current time, and there's your ETA.
 
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I've never heard of any rules of thumb. If you know your speed and distance you can calculate ETE and ETA. I don't see any reason why the electronic E6-B won't work though. It will calculate just the same. You may need to use a plotter to measure the distance on the sectional, but that's usually what I do anyway.
 
Either way works, some like the wheel, some like buttons... just do the one you feel most comfortable with.

Personaly, I like E6Bs. Simple, very diverse, and never need batteries... unlike my Palm with my Electronic.
 
Oh the electronic one will work, but does it have a NM guage on the side to help out? Yeah, there's one drawback. Also, I'd like to time someone plugging numbers into the electronic one in a bumpy 172 during the summer in FL vs someone using the whiz wheel.
 
Yeah I think its just a matter of what you are most comfortable with though. No scale on the electronic ones but that's what plotters are for. I use a wheel myself and still use a plotter instead of the E6B to measure the distance anyway. I hear you on the turbulent days though. I immagine one could hit wrong buttons and not even realize it. And of course the batteries could die.
 
Exactly why I used a whiz wheel in flight school..the wheel doesn't usually move when it is dropped in turbulence!

I like the Jeppesen CR computers. The CR-2 is perfectly sized, and lives in my flight bag to this day.
 
I prefer using the wheel (seeing how that's the only one I have ever used). But if you do prefer electronics, why not also carry a wheel incase of dead batteries or turbulent day?
 
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... why not also carry a wheel incase of dead batteries or turbulent day?

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Because nobody ever uses them anyway after they get their PPL.
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I'm curious to see what type of methods or rules of thumbs everyone is using to get ETA and ETE on diversions?

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'PERF MENU', 'FUEL MANAGEMENT', page 3, press the line select key for 'present position', put in the identifier for your diversion airport and you instantly get distance, time to the airport, and fuel required based on current burn.

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Jason
 
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Because nobody ever uses them anyway after they get their PPL.

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Which is why most people have to re-learn how to use them for their commercial and CFI ratings.
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