Flight computers
Electronic flight computers (or aviation / navigation calculators) are used mainly during flight planning. They help calculate fuel consumption, wind correction, time and route among others. During flight they can be used to calculate ground speed. Most flight computers are electronic counter parts of the ubiquitous E-6B circular slide rule.
With the advent of more sophisticated GPS enabled flight computers, the simple E6B variants are less popular these days. That said, they are still used by many students and even airline pilots.
With the advent of more sophisticated GPS enabled flight computers, the simple E6B variants are less popular these days. That said, they are still used by many students and even airline pilots.
| Brand/model | Type | Prog. model | Display | Memory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ASA CX-1 Pathfinder | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD 6×6 digits | ( ) |
 | ASA CX-2 Pathfinder | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD 8×16 characters | ( ) |
 | Commodore N-60 | Flight computer | Not applicable | Unknown Unknown | ( ) |
 | Heathkit OCW-1401 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LED 14 digits | ( ) |
 | Jeppesen Avstar 1 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD digits | ( ) |
 | Jeppesen Avstar 2 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD digits | ( ) |
 | Jeppesen Pro Star | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD digits | ( ) |
 | Jeppesen TechStar | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD 3+6 × 7 14-segment characters | (6 numbers) |
 | Jeppesen TechStar Pro | Flight computer | Unknown | LCD 8 characters | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic 16 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LED 16 digits | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic 1701 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LED 16 digits | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic 1701tr | Flight computer | Not applicable | LED 16 digits | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic Explorer | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD Unknown | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic Explorer 2 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD Unknown | ( ) |
 | SEC Navtronic Navigator | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD digits | ( ) |
 | Sharp EL-512 - Merlin | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD 10 (8+2) digits | (1 numbers) |
 | Tamaya NC-2 | Flight computer | Not applicable | VFD 10 digits | ( ) |
 | Tamaya NC-2000 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD Unknown | ( ) |
 | Tamaya NC-77 | Flight computer | Not applicable | VFD 10 digits | ( ) |
 | Tamaya NC-88 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD digits | ( ) |
 | Tamaya NC-99 | Flight computer | Not applicable | LCD characters | ( ) |
 | Texas Instruments TI-58 Harrier | Flight computer | Partially merged keystroke | LED 10(8+2) digits | 480 program steps (60 numbers) |
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