How to use a Slide Rule Bezel on your Watch. Watch and Learn #11
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- In today's episode of Watch and Learn, we show you how to use the rotary slide rule on a watch. Often referred to as an aviation slide rule, this indispensable tool is the pre-cursor to modern calculators. From dividing up a dinner tab among friends, then adding a tip, to calculating fuel consumption on a weekend flight, these little machines can do it all.
The rotary version of the slide rule uses the same principles of the linear slide rule that some engineers still use today. Employing the Logarithm function, they make easy addition out of complex multiplication problems. With just a little know-how, and a few minutes watching this video, you will find out how to unlock the potential of this awesome tool strapped to your wrist, like converting kilograms to pounds, miles to kilometers, etc.
This video uses the Seiko Flightmaster SNA411P watch, but the principles apply to any slide rule watch, from the Breitling Navitimer to the Citizen Blue Angel watch.
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I can honestly say that your decision to make informational videos has been one of the greatest contributions in recent times to horology from a non-manufacturer that I can recall. Seriously, keep this coming. Even if it is information I already feel I am familiar with, I still watch to possibly learn more. All the best, Mike
Thank you for watching along. I do enjoy making them, though they are a time cruncher. Glad they are serving a good purpose.
I swear I am about to trash all my my watches and starting new .. that’s crazy how I didn’t nothing about watches til last weekend
Alarm please how does it work it's been 7 years and haven't heard a beep from it 😔
Seiko should thank you for this video.
Unless Seiko has hosted paid tutorial(s) for using such bezel lol
For the private pilot license they expect you to do a divertion with one slide rule calculator or E6B how we call it and execute the diversion in around 2 minutes. You have to find approx. Distance to the alternate airport then calculate with this rule the time it will take with your ground speed, the amount of fuel you will burn and how much you will have when you arrive. All without losing your altitude or heading without autopilot. This slide rules are very useful.
Thanks for sharing.
I have my private pilot license with 250+ hrs. In the cockpit of small piston-powered aircraft, it's next to impossible to use a slide rule this small on your wrist. The normal E6B most of us use is around 115mm in diameter and it's still a challenge to use with engine vibrations and anything other than smooth air. If you want a useful pilot watch, buy a Casio G-Shock with dual-time (UTC) and use a normal-size E6B. Better yet, get a tablet and enjoy all the benefits.
@@markthibault8579 Yeah. I've written about this on another channel but nobody should have the idea that this watch is useful for a pilot flying. Even traditional pilot's watches with large, highly legible, and simple dials are no longer very useful on most aircraft except as a pretty crappy backup to the much more ergonomic clocks and timers on the panel and EFB. Which paradoxically is exactly the reason why I think this is an excellent pilot's watch. If a wristwatch is going to be almost useless to the pilot flying no matter what, we may as well forget about legibility and just make it into the mother of all backups, and as useful as possible for the pilot when they're not flying. This thing backs up three instruments/functions on the panel, plus a bag item: local time, zulu time, chronograph, and E6B. It's convenient enough to use for flight planning calculations. And of course once you put it on in the morning, you're pretty unlikely to forget it somewhere or leave it out of reach of the cockpit!
The watches only have two scales, the standard multiply and divide scales, and they're tiny. A real aviation slide rule has extra scales for time distance and a back for wind effects.
As a CFII, I prefer a divers watch with the minute bezel. I use that all the time. I agree that the E6B on a watch is not practicable in a single pilot situation.
The overall most simple and useful Watch I’ve had, is the old Casio amw360. UniDirectional bezel, dual time (for Zulu time) and a timer.
That’s really all you need in a watch for a pilot.
A watch slide rule will not do wind calculations, so it’s not going to suffice for a diversion anyway.
That said, I do like the Flighty and really want one, just because it’s a beautiful watch.
Practically speaking, a Vostok will be my next mainstay as it’s built like a tank and does what I really need in a simple to read manner.
iPad has replaced paper charts, and does all the complex functions one could need.
I study physics and mathemarics, slide rules have always fascinated me. Mathematically, they are an excellent way to think about linear transformations, everything scales uniformly.
Pilots do not likely use watch slide rules in the air, even in smaller aircraft, pilots usually carry a number of slide ruleesque instruments for particular parts of their flight (like crab angles to adjust for wind, fuel burn, and so forth). But they do offer pilots a backup and are excellent survival tools. Let's say you go down and lose all your special tools. You remember your airspeed as you came down in the wilderness and the indicated heading on your compass, you can use some trig and math (slide rule is excellent to assist in that) to determine an approximate grid location. Also, using a watch, you can identify north by the time and sun location. The compass headings on the dial help you adjust the position of north every 30mins or so and give you an accurate indication of your direction simply by reorienting your dial to to maintain true north indication while you turn your body. A few key pieces of information (wind direction, indicated airspeed, and time from last known position) can easily allow a pilot to know how far he is away from his/her last known position. If the pilot can make it back to that position, the likelihood of rescue increases, as search zones are based off of that last known radar position.
Military pilots would likely find much more utility from the watch in survival situations, as they can use it to identify direction and distance to friendly territory is downed behind enemy lines. Rationing water and supplies based on distance and progress also can help increase survival. I'm not sure if these dial slide rules do trig, but if they do, some fixed reference can give the pilot an accurate approximation of ground speed by comparing the ground distance from cos at two stopping points by dividing the distance by the elapsed time. If we ever have a nuclear war, a slide rule that sits on your hand, even if the chronograph no longer works, is an invaluable tool which most people would be without if their phones and calculators were fried by emp.
I remember using a slide rule in school and college in some advanced classes, and now I don't remember anything. I have a Nighthawk, I tried to use it to no avail. But as soon as I finished watching your video I was automatically able to use it again, thank you so much for the video, I love the entire series so much, keep it coming. Cheers.
I'm a professional pilot and I have 8 slide rule watches. I never use them for any practical purpose, but I do love the aesthetics of the functional instrument. Great video.
This is the best slide rule instruction I can find in UA-cam. I am a happy owner of Navitimer now. Thank you.
A thousand videos on slide rule watches and only Mark tackles actually using one. Thumbs up.
7:23 Face description and markings
11:33 Multiplication
13:53 Division
16:13 Unit conversions:
16:30 mi (NAUT)/mi (STAT)
17:20 Km/mi
18:49 ft/mi
20:12 Kg/lbs
Need to add, speed, dist, time.....fuel burn....endurance.
Hey Mark, thanks you for putting together this series of videos, I have learned a lot thanks to you, and since you asked for a pilot's perspective, I thought I'd add my 2 cents to repay you for your excellent effort. Having been a pilot for the past 35 years (civilian, military, and airlines) as well as having been formally trained as a navigator in the Air Force, I used to live by, and get tested on slide rule computers, but the ones we used were of the CR-5 and E6B variety, and of course much bigger in size. Although I love slide rules (they are almost magical), I always felt that these type of watches were more of a gimmick than anything really useful, because they forced the movement of the watch to be much smaller (ergo less readable) than it could have been, while still having a nearly unreadable slide rule section (at least to an older pilot's eyes). I remember back in the '80s when some of my colleagues purchased expensive slide rule Brietling as reward for finishing the Air Force Academy and heading off to pilot school, I always thought that was more of a status symbol statement than anything useful a pilot could actually make use of. Of course individual preference is what counts on this subject, and personally I'd much rather have a Laco 45mm pilot watch with a sterile B face than a small movement watch crowded with useless features. When I fly I want a watch that "talks to me" (if this makes any sense), and not one I have to spend any amount of time trying to read. As a matter of fact, all the Navigators I knew would used cheap LCD watches rather than anything with dials because they were quick and fool proof to read. Once back on terra firma I'd switch back into a diver's watch, or something else with dials, because I liked the look, and didn't care if it took slightly longer to read. Great job as always Mark.
Thanks for the awesome feedback!
You are most welcome Mark, and I just subscribed to your channel. Ciao, Marco.
This happens to me with sailing watches. Most are unusable, if you want to take times in a regatta better use a stopwatch, a tactical watch or a full sized gps.
Quite educative. Thanks all!
I have now used my slide rule bezel correctly for the first time. Thank you! This is the easiest to understand instructional I've come across on the subject in any medium.
Thank you!
As a former mechanical engineering student, I find this video, and owning a Nighthawk very entertaining and interesting. Especially when hanging out with engineers.
I regret watching this video. I went into this video not liking the Seiko Flightmaster; after watching, I love the slide rule bezel and want a Seiko Flightmaster. In all seriousness, great video!
I am not a numberphile by any means but I am a watch guy. Once asked a sales lady at a jewelry store how to use the slide rule function. She had no clue. LOL. Loved this tutorial.
Just picked up a Flighty and was interested to learn more about the bezel and dial markings before the watch arrives. This was absolutely great Marc. All the Log scale explanation took me back a few years, but the practical demonstration with the watch was superb. I can’t wait to get the watch now.
Great, half an hour ago I placed an order for a chrono with tachymeter and now I want one with a sliderule! Why, thank you, Marc!
This is a truly great video. It may be hard to believe, but even at my age I have never used a slide rule and I am not even sure I have seen one in person. You explain it so well in this video. Because of this I went from knowing nothing about slide rules to understanding the basics in just this one video and I really like how this watch has the different unit conversions too. Thank you very much for making this video and this whole series. You are a major asset to the watch community. Have a great day and cheers.
Just got this watch a week ago - I'm still to figure out but this made some things a little clearer. Thank you!
I'm a glider pilot old enough to have learned navigation before the GPS era. But after many years I had forgotten how to use a slide rule, thanks!
love the video very informative....... its like being back in school............... thank you sir.....!
Super cool! Thank you for this very clear explanation of the slide rule. I had no idea what one was, and am happy to know what it is for. Just excellent!
Thanks for taking the time to watch
Superb Marc ! Now I can finally use the simple slide rule of the Orient Multi Calendar.
Great, enjoy!
Hi Mark, what you have is an aviation circular slide rule called an E6B. These were what every pilot used until recently for navigation problems. That’s why the two big indexes are at 60. I have several of these in drawers but don’t use them because there’s an iPhone app that does all those calculations. Today even little airplanes have Flight Management Systems that makes navigation easy without any thinking required. Thanks for the memories.
I haven’t used a slide rule in a long time! Your instructions were fantastic and easy to understand! I still have my slide rule I used and Thank God for Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard Calculators making calculations so much quicker and accurate! Thanks o much!
Mark,
This 'slide rule' is a version of the E6B flight computer used by pilots for ages (and it's still mandatory learning for the FAA private pilot exam). The real difference from the old school slide rule is apparent if you look at the 60 MPH index marker. Pilots read speed in miles per hour and fuel consumption in lbs or gallons per hour. The issue is that when we deal with time intervals of just a few hours or less than an hour, it's much easier to use minutes rather than hours for time. By using the index at 60 rather than 10, the computer is actually converting the hours into minutes by just multiplying by 60! You can also see on the inter chapter ring under the 90 for instance, 1:30 which further converts minutes into hours and minutes which is much more intuitive when you are trying to navigate and fly at the same time. Much easer than working with decimal fractions of hours and having to know that .3 hours is twenty minutes. (Working on my private pilots license down the road from you at Republic Airport as we speak, btw)
Wow! i had no idea there was a watch made to do math/ slide rule. thank you for posting this. Really appreciate it.
Your the best intellectual/layman's discussion out here on any of this!!!
Great character and an even better job explained
Thank You so much for the review. I actually have my very old slide rule that I used in college. My first Calculator was a Hewlett-Packard Then Texas Instruments came out with a more “user friendly” Scientific Calculator. Along came Casio with a more affordable calculator. I loved the Navitimer Breitling and have always wanted one. I loved the idea of having a calculator on my arm. With Computers we came a long ways and plugged in numbers to formulas and so much easier to let the computer do the work. I’m going to download the Seiko Manual just to see if I can retain the ability to use this on a time piece in case of instrument failure or “blackout!” Thanks so much for your review!
This is as close to being called my favorite watch as any of my watches can be called my favorite lol , not many people really care about the functionality of this bezel we all just think this watch looks awesome lol you are just showing off a engineering degree ( a LOT of hard work) I get it mark your highly intelligent! You’re such a good dude man , thanks for an awesome educational video!!
I'm currently studying to refresh my math skills. I got stumped on logarithms (for the millionth time). That led me to learning about slide rules, and that led me to your channel. Very cool stuff and it is very helpful.
So often with math it helps to view the problem from a different angle. So I guess what I'm saying is that I will be forcing my children to learn math with a slide rule...
That was fantastic. Thank you for going over this. I always thought these dials were too busy, but now I want one!
Thanks.
I just started to think about adding a Flightmaster to my collection last night, and you upload a video today explaining it lol
The time is now then, isn't it? : )
Long Island Watch Indeed. I just can't choose between this version, which is obviously more rugged, and the SNAB71 white dial version, which is much more relaxed and elegant.
Excellent. Thank you very much for doing this watch and learn. You got me using my bezel slide rule! So far you showed me how to change straps adjust bracelets etc etc.
Thank you for making this. I love my Flighty and I have every intention to learn how to use some of the features but I don’t have a science background at all. This is a great introduction!
Great video. I learnt how to use a slide rule at school and still own one. I never really had to use one as calculators came out and now you can do everything on your phone so I had forgotten how easy they are to use. I will practice on my watch now.
Oh my God. This is one of the best watches in the world. Everyone should have one. I'm glad I just ordered mine. Thanks for the amazing information, Mark.
Thank You. This takes me back (oh, I don't have my slide rule) to 1963 high school. This will be a very useful tool as long as my eyes hold out. Ordered SNA414P1 today and may get one for my nephew who is a pilot. Shopping for a leather strap (21mm odd size) probably a 22mm Hirsch brown buffalo trimmed to fit. The Seiko looks like an incredible instrument. Very useful as well.
I always wondered how to use a watch like that and you have answered it. Thank you for the tutorial it was very helpful and now you even make me like math more.
Great, thank you!
Just bought the flightmaster - thanks for the tutorial of how I can use it to it's fullest potential! :D
The statute mile to 1,000ft conversion came out a little past 5,280ft because the statute mile marker at 19:33 is rotated a little past the 10.
I'd say the markings themselves are spot on.
Really informative video though!
The markings are very precise, given the space which they are inscribed. that is why it is called a "slide rule bezel" It is expected to function like a (typically) flat slide rule. Errors creep into the calculations when people are inexact about the way the adjust the bezel ring, in this case.
I would have never known this scale does all of this and more, and now I feel I can understand it. Thank you!!!
Mark, great video. I own the Flightmaster and have read the manual but your video helped me to understand logs and conversions more deeply. Keep up the great work and thanks!
Mike Mantho Great, thank you!
Great video, the watch is inspired by the flight computer I think, and it is used primarily for pre-flight planning. Flying in visual flight rules you are not needed to file a flight plan so you can basically jump in a plane and plan your route 10-30 (maybe somewhere 60) minutes before flight. Assuming it is a non-controlled airspace you are flying in. Love this watch, going to get me one just because of your informational video. thanks!
Thanks for this video! I just placed an order on your website for this exact watch! I found you via The Urban Gentry channel as you were highly suggested. Thanks again!
I don't skip the UA-cam commercials that play in order to support your channel.
Keep up the good work.
alex delgado Thank you!
Thanks for this. Got a seiko with slide rule and have no clue how to use it which kinda is embarrassing to rock it without a clue how to use it aside from the clock lol. Amazing stuff man. Binge watching your watch and learn videos. cheers
Very informative. Now I can show off my flight master like a pro
It's at least the second time I watch this video. The first time it was for pleasure, now it is because I finally got this watch. Thanks, Mark, and I say it again: you do the best tech videos of the watch youtube world.
Thank you for the incredibly instructive video. I would have never truly read through the book you showed in the video. I learned a lot and saved it to my favorites.
Thanks so much.
Dang it! Now I need one of these. As a freshman in engineering this seems like a cool idea. I had my sights set on a SKX013. Will they be in stock anytime soon?
Hopefully soon, but not sure when. Sorry!
My granddad always used a slide rule, and taught me how to use it. Great video!
Fascinating. I failed math at school, but even I could understand most of this. Thank you so much, for a great video.
This by far one of coolest watch videos you've made!
This guy does the BEST watch reviews without doubt.
I have never 'ever' binged this much of videos on UA-cam, Good stuff Marc
I have the Flightmaster! This video was easily the most helpful I've seen, by far!!!
Great to hear! I appreciate that.
Hi Marc - great video! Subscribed! I have a SNA411 and am looking forward to putting this info into practice! Longislandwatch is a great store, have bought from you several times. Keep up the good work! All the best, Rob
Thanks!
By far the best description video I've seen on this flight watch. I have a Navihawk AT and if I could see the bezel I could do these calcs because you've done a great job!
Thanks!
Thanks for patiently explaining how the slide rule works.
Hope you got something out of it.
Most definitely. I also wanted to let you know that I was considering buying one of your watches with a slide rule (Seiko Flightmaster), but then decided to give Invicta a chance and ordered one from them. I just got intrigued by a controversial nature of their brand and thought I should experience it for myself. Will see how it goes and when I receive it, I intend to publish an unbiased review here on my channel.
Can’t wait to get mine in the mail. On point lesson my dude. Traded my Apple Watch series 4 for this and I’m super happy!
Thanks for this video. It is verry helpful :) I've got CASSIO WR 50 M with logarythmic bezel. I bought it, so now I can learn to count PROPERLY, and train my mind.
I used a slide rule in college before the first scientific calcualtors came out mostly from H-P and Texas Instruments. Nice to learn the old school method. I heard that the U.S. Naval Academy are now teaching midshipmen to start learning how to use the sextant before depending on high tech GPS.
A very important point. When all else fails, we still have the stars and chronometer to navigate by!
The military always teaches dead reckoning and how to do things without modern computers and technology. Atleast that’s what I thought
What? Just kidding lol, you did a fantastic job conveying the functions.
Great informational video.
The pounds fuel and pounds oil functions are useful for a pilot when calculating his weight and balance figures before takeoff, which is essential for knowing you are not over your max takeoff weight and that your CG is at the center of lift.
Say you land to refuel and you know your weight with existing fuel, passengers and cargo. When you take fuel from the truck it is in gallons, and you have to convert that to pounds for your weight and balance calculations. Fuel and oil are different densities than water, so they weight differently and can't use the standard conversion that applies to water and most liquids of similar density. Fuel is obviously more common, but topping the engine oil off might be necessary and that affects weight too.
Every pilot MUST perform these calculations before every takeoff. When you hear of accidents caused by the aircraft being overloaded, the pilot either neglected to or made errors when calculating this. Important stuff to avoid dying. So sitting on the tarmac before take off or even engine start up it would be fairly easy to use this watch slide rule to do this.
Thanks again for a great explanation of Log and slide rule functions on a watch.
I just got this watch several weeks ago and this was very helpful!
Great! Now you can unlock the potential.
I've got two of these, the first one I left near the tv set for a long period and the magnetic field from it damaged the quartz movement needless to say I've taken better care of the second one it's a really cool looking watch.
Your videos are amazing ... I would not consider a watch like this .... Until now. Very informative. Thank you very much.
I sat through the whole video and understood most of it. Enjoyed very much.
Would I purchase one? No, but still enjoyed it. I like your blue dial watch video.
I sat through some of it and understood NONE of it. Simply put....I suck a maths. Always have, and 44 years later it looks like I always will. This video was well above higher grade for me.
Easy to understand, incredibly informative and very, very cool! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed, and understood.
This is really fascinating stuff. Your Watch and Learn series is a gold mine of knowledge!
This is a very good video. Very brave attempt on educating mainstream public on something like this. I believe using slide rule could be analogous to playing a musical instrument. Yes, you can "produce" music with your laptop, and you can produce calculation results on a calculator. Still, many people choose to play musical instruments, so I can understand why some people would choose slide rule. Not only the slide rule makes calculations possible, but it also seems to help using one's imagination and put calculations into perspective, as opposed to isolate them completely, as non graphing calculators seem to do.
By the way, why am I intersted in watches? (I know, who cares... Well, I do.) I am interested in watches because I like musical instruments, and I treat watch simply as an instrument, too, albeit a time measuring one. To me watch is not jewelry. It's not a tool, either, as many probably try to get out of the jewelry stigma by using "watch is a tool" pretext. So, my sneaky way out of the jewelry stigma is to treat watch as a time measuring instrument. :)
I was just having this conversation with a musician; he told me many musicians are usually watch guys!
Many musicians are math guys as well. I first saw that in my early day's of programming. I was struck with how many programmers jammed at the local clubs at night.
As to your point about what a slide rule does for the person using it: there is a big difference to setting up a problem on a slide rule vs. punching numbers into a calculator. Obviously, the accuracy is vastly improved with a calculator, as well as are human interface factors. However, the mind works very differently. In order to use a slide rule, you must, in a kind of zen way, become one with the problem. LOL ;-) You have to track decimal places in your head, and you have to plan the sequence of operations so as to cancel out accumulating errors as well as keep the exponents under control as you go. There is also the kinesthetic factor. Sliding the rule back and forth engages the muscles and brings them into the process. It is hard to explain to someone brought up in the age of calculators ... and almost impossible to convert someone to slide rule use. I remember way back in the 1960's chipping in with my brother and sister to buy our father (a retired electronic engineer) an HP calculator. It was about $400 at the time and fairly simple with a red LED display. He was fascinated with the damn thing as it was so different for him after a lifetime of slide rule use. (Years later when I gave him my IBM PC and he discovered spreadsheet software he went nuts. LOL!)
One last observation: using a slide rule teaches approximation. One has to work within three digit accuracy so there is really no choice. As a child I was stuck on a chemistry problem and I remember my father stepping in and telling me: "Look, don't get stuck on trying to set up 3*PI on the slide rule. Just think that PI is about 3 so the approximate answer is 9. You don't have to carry PI out to 4 decimal places for most cases. PI is 3 to within about 5% and that is almost always good enough." It has been half a century and I still remember that advice. It has stood me well over the years.
Music and math are two areas where you use both hemispheres of your cerebrum.
The left brain artistic expression creativity, the right brain fact driven analytical.
You use both when playing music, creativity and precision.
Likewise mathematics is really just a language. Used to explain complex situations.
The slide rule helps meld both brain sides draw conclusions and without bias.
We went to the moon with such technology and more importantly we brought back 3 crew in a crippled ship using a slide rule and newton's laws of motion
Wow I have been wandering all my life figuring out tachymeters and finally got here! Thanks!!! Im 48 Y/O my first tachymeter aviation watch was a cheap Lorus from the 80s i was 18 never understood how it works but it looked good!! Hehehe
Great tutorial!! It just so happens that I'll be getting that very watch soon. Loved them ever since I was a kid.
Great series! How about anti reflective coating/Crystal type pro and con, watch size choice for wrist size
Great ideas, thanks!
Excellent, Marc! I am a new ‘Flighty’ owner and love this piece. Your tutorial is very informative. Much appreciated.👍😃
Amazing, Marc. Congrats from Brazil.
Thanks for watching!
shame on you...now I have to buy another watch. I haven't used a slide rule in 35 years but now I gots to have one :)
LOL
And me .
I bought one today
@@joachimrydelius2125 Me too i love this watch!@!
You're a very good teach Marc! Thanks for taking the time to make these informational videos, they're really awesome and I always learn a lot.
Thank you.
I'm literally amazed at how useful this thing is, tbh this could be used for exams. I'm not sure if people are going to realize this can do math 😂
No cheating ... Lol
Not really, most serious tests require precise calculations, this watch and slide rule in general can only give you "rough" approximate results. This is only useful in real life, not for test.
I cheated my way through high school math using a cheap Casio pilots watch. Teachers had no idea what it was. they would just see me staring at my watch. lol. This was back in the 90's. I wonder if they have a better idea of it these days. (Probably not; as most kids these days don;t even use a watch anymore)
@@nightwinddemon True, they're not super precise, but get you close enough, to figure out the rest in your head.
One day I am going to be smart enough to understand this! My Math teacher growing up would be mad that Watches finally got me interested in Math! I wear my Orient explorer enough that I should learn it lol. Great video man!
LOL! Thanks!
Used a slide rule calculator during trip planning in flight school but never in cockpit. Could come in handy rather than having the larger version... I don't love the business of the face though, I like clean and legible flieger style watches, for sure. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for watching, and sharing your comments.
You seem to really love your YachtMaster, as I have seen it in several of your (excellent) videos. Cool !
Mark, this is a great video of how to use this type of watch. I have one.
Hey Mark, thanks for the vid. Recommend any other than this seiko model whilst keeping the same functionality? Regards from the Netherlands
Great Video. I laughed when you said fuel gallons to lb's was not important. Yes you are correct, however as an Army Pilot that was one of the calculations I used most often in the early years. No I could not read this in real life. My eyes are older, but I did carry a larger E6B back then. It was fun to view this, I still learned a lot. Thank you.
I bought a Citizen Nighthawk, out of nostalgia. The Navitimers are out of my price range for now. ;)
As a pilot, I will respond to the practicality of use in a cockpit. Your are about 95% correct, there is little use while inflight and it's not so much because of "turbulence or getting jostled around", though that would even further add to its impractical use (I try not to fly in turbulence personally). Moreover, even small airplanes have a lot of redundancy built into the avionics of in-plane systems, making total systems loss rare. Say you do lose all in-plane systems, every pilot I know is flying a tablet with an app that is more than capable of doing required or needed calculations. SOOOOO short of an EMP detonating and wiping the planes electronics systems out and your iPad, there's just a lot of redundancy (on purpose).
That said I will say that as a pilot I still use an analog watch simply just because I like them. so I don't have a wizz bang iWatch or smart watch.... I would probably use this or other aviation minded setups like this for roughing in some preflight planning. Stuff like distance, air speed and fuel use. it would indeed be much faster than a calculator. and save me from having to mess with apps on my phone or iPad (which I'm not hopelessly addicted to). So I see value as a pilot for the moments where I need some rough numbers on fuel, times and distance while sitting in the general aviation terminal or at home jaw jacking around about potential flights. Just my two cents worth. If I were in flight and lost everything. I would declare an emergency and have ATC do all the heavy lifting math wise so I could focus on flying (assuming the radio still worked, or using my backup handheld radio).
Great explanation Mark - made sense even to me!!
I think you're in the minority.
Fuel conversion is used before you takeoff. The pilot orders fuel in gallons or liters. But need to know how much his plane weighs before takeoff. So he needs to convert from gallons to lbs.
One gallon is 6 pounds, pretty simple math with any calculator app on your phone...53 gal useful is 318 pounds, simple...
@@2Greenlid Jet fuel is 6.8 lbs per gallon. We order fuel in pounds and our fuel gauges read in pph (pounds per hour). It also works better when computing weight and balance since that is figured in pounds too.
Nice work. I have an elderly friend who still thinks in ounces when shopping, so I set mine up to convert grams to ounces for her. I need strong reading glasses though. I like it 'cos it keeps the skill of the slide rule alive. I lost my school one years ago in a house move. Yes, I am that old.
Say it with pride! You used a calculator before they were invented :)
The best watch and learn yet!
I appreciate that! Took a while to do.
Thanks for explaining logarithms!
OMG That Dial..I'm in Love...
Awesome video. Now i can geek out with my flight master. thanks for making it
That's what its all about. . . geeking out! Have fun!
Excellent job with these Ed videos. Thank you.
Hi Marc,
This watch is amazing. I noticed there's a solar version with red trimming. Do you have an opinion between the two?
Thanks,
Dave
The Prospex version? SSC275? Ahhh, I love the blue dial!
I've been considering this watch for some time now. is the value for the price good?
would you wear it?
Excellent video! I may have to look for a sliderule bezel watch now.
Great!!!
Lovely watch. I have an old version of the Blue Angels, but this one is so much nicer. I have to get it somewhere. This looks better than the newer Solar version.
Very standard flight computer! This is useful in some ways. I use my CRP-5 but now can just use a Seiko!
Thank you Marc for this most interesting video, really enjoyed how to understand how these work. I really find these watch and learn videos of yours enjoyable and I am learning a lot from them, keep up the good work and will look forward to more.
Thanks!
"Me and 7 friends go out, let's divide the bill by 7." I see what you did there... not paying your share because you did the math 🤣