How to Use an E6B Flight Computer for Unknown Wind - AeroGuard Flight Training Center

Learn how to use an E6B Flight Computer to determine unknown wind speed and direction. AeroGuard takes you through an FAA Private Pilot License Knowledge practical example helping you to understand how and why it works.
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[@NOTNICE24]

This was an amazing illustration. I finally understood True Heading amongst other things! Please continue to make these How to Use the E6B videos you don't know how clear and concise you are.

[@flyaeroguard]

Hello, thank you for sharing your appreciation for our E6B Flight Computer video! We value feedback from our audience and are please to know you found this helpful. Please let us know if you have any questions or requests for future video topics. Thanks

[@waynemayo1661]

Great job explaining a problem that bothers many of us.

[@flyaeroguard]

We're glad that you enjoyed it - hope this helps you and others!

[@theplanebrain]

Great explanation and the giant E6B is hilarious.

[@BOBANDERSON5150]

I got to rely on my electronics to the point I forgot about my backup Wonder Wheel. Thanks for posting these AWESOME tutorials!!! Keep up the great work! Bob

[@flyaeroguard]

We're glad that you like them and find them useful, Bob!

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

The wonder wheel and this helps you understand what is going on. Like trying to track on a VOR, Knowing where in earth is the wind coming from. Lucky my plane give me ground speed so It can help me determine if it's a head or tail and so on.

[@JohnSmith-bc1pe]

I was trying to solve a similar problem and had no idea how to, ended up guessing....Now I feel better knowing the write steps.

[@juanjosedelgado714]

It has been really useful and enlightening. Thanks a lot!!!

[@flyaeroguard]

Hello, thank you for your comment. We are so glad you found this video useful and hope you continue to use our videos as helpful study tools!

[@erickborling1302]

CFI to CFI; great job, great vids, thanks.

[@abdulmuhsinomar2668]

Thank you so much for great explanation..

[@flyaeroguard]

You're welcome! Thank you for the comment!

[@MA-xf2lu]

Super informative and straight to the point. Thanks again Eric

[@alextommy2789]

Very simple and easy going Thanks so much

[@meninactionllc5869]

this is awesome thank you please keep posting more

[@firepilot109]

Awesome job!!

[@flyaeroguard]

Hello, thank you for your comment! We are glad you found this video informative. We hope you continue to find our content helpful and please feel free to reach out if you ever have any questions. Thank you!

[@kimheran]

PPL XC Solo Coming soon Great explaination to get prepaired🤙🏼🛩

[@flyaeroguard]

Good luck!

[@ele4853]

great classes! thank you so much!

[@flyaeroguard]

You're welcome, glad you're enjoying them!

[@sirjosefofhessen4527]

I'm slowly getting it given I don't have the eb6 in my hands yet but soon

[@cemhizar843]

Thanks for the video it's really helpfull to understand. I have a simple question. After marking the wind dot on 10 degree over 85 knots, you slided the dot on center line above the reference point. Do we always have to slide that dot above the reference point ? If you slided the dot below the reference point, the result would be different. How should i decide whether the dot will go below the reference point or above ? Thank you !

[@flyaeroguard]

Hi Cem, thanks for the question. Yes, you will always slide the dot over the center point, and then this will indicate to you the wind direction at the top of the E6B marked under ‘True Index'. Hope that helps!

[@rustycarbaugh9433]

Hi! I'm looking for one of these classroom sized E6-Bs. Where did you get yours?

[@SAGHAJAR]

Thanks for the explanation but I still don’t know what to do with my controls to get into the right direction.

[@flyaeroguard]

Hi Sassan, thanks for commenting! We want to ensure that our videos are clear and informative, so if you have any specific questions regarding our video that we could answer please don’t hesitate to ask, we are here to help!

[@vladutgrecu2432]

Hello sir. Where did you bought the huge flight computer? As gorund instructor, we are looking for one at our flightschoo. Thank you.

[@flyaeroguard]

If you search for "classroom e6b" you should be able to find them!

[@vladutgrecu2432]

@@flyaeroguard Thank you much for the reply. Ive been trying to look for one but unfortunately with no luck...I called asa2fly and they told me they do not manufacture them any more...we are located in Europe and here they dont manufacture it neither. Do you know anything about the USA? Any pilot shop? Any supplier? I´m trying to do my best as a CFI to teach and I think this tool is a MUST for my students.

[@Beatamins]

What happened with this exercise which is more than 59 knots and not possible to use the e6b? If a true heading of 230° results in a ground track of 250° and a true airspeed of 160 knots results in a groundspeed of 175 knots, the wind would be from A. 135° and 59 knots. B. 165° and 60 knots. C. 343° and 60 knots.

[@flyaeroguard]

Hi there! Thank you for reaching out with your question. When looking at the information you provided, the wind would be from A) 135 degrees and 59 knots! Please reach out with any additional questions you may run into and we hope this helps! Thank you!

[@Beatamins]

Thank you for the answer but I would like to know how to get the result without the electronic e6B@@flyaeroguard

[@flyaeroguard]

Hi there, you should be able to insert different numbers into the process we explained in this video and find the approximate unknown wind without having to use the E6B flight computer. Our goal with this specific video was to show viewers how to take the information they have and apply it to the E6B flight computer to find the unknown wind more accurately. Thank you! @@Beatamins

[@IkeCamron]

You should go more into detail how you came up with the 10 degrees wca…. You just told… you didn’t really show

[@flyaeroguard]

Hello Ike, thank you for sharing your suggestions on how we could improve this video content and go into more detail. In this example, the 10 degrees was calculated from evaluating the difference between True Course (345 degrees) and True Heading (355 degrees). The difference between the two is 10, and that is how we came up with the 10 degrees WCA. We want to ensure that AeroGuard’s videos are as informative, helpful, and clear as possible. Please let us know if you have any additional questions