Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: aviation calculators Message-ID: <565@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 15:11:10 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.565 Posted: Thu Dec 13 15:11:10 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:53:57 EST References: <128@anwar.UUCP> Distribution: net.general Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 28 > By the end of my search I ended up with > a slide rule type (jeppesen CR5) despite the use of the electronic > type in the flight book. This was due to several reasons. First, > the electronic type was not available in any of the FBO's I visited. > Second, All the "locals" I spoke to said the slide rule type is > perfectly fine, reliable, and less expensive. And third, I assumed > (with my very little statistical data) that most pilots must prefer > the traditional type since no one knows about the modern replacement > for the traditional slide rule. > > -> Do you flyers out in netland have a preference ? > Is the modern marvel really available at FBO's ? > Do new pilots have a different preference than older pilots ? > Finally, Is one easier to use than the other ? > > :-) Mark Nickson HHB Softron 1000 Wyckoff Ave Mahwah, NJ 07430 > 201-848-8000 Perference? When the Christmas season is over I plan on getting the electronic version. (I currently have the slide rule.) My reasons are the same for buying an electronic calculator over a slide rule calculator...I DETEST fidgeting with the little knobs, slides, and fiddly things. I also am not too pleased with keeping track of the differences between 0.1 1.0 and 10.0 ... Just a personal observation... --- Rob DeMillo MACC ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo