Ep. 107: E6B Wind Correction Angles | How to calculate Ground Speed, WCA, Magnetic Heading

In this video we'll take you through the simplest way to find wind correction angles and ground speed using an e6b to help prepare you for your checkride and your FAA written exam.

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[CockpitPOV]

7 years after this was posted, still super informative, thank you very much!

[romansochan]

I love the tape/dot method vs. the pencil method of marking the spot. Thank you!

[monthlydoseofpetroleum]

Brilliant video man. Getting straight to the point and explained everything really well. Thanks 🙏

[chrisr]

There are a ton of flight planning videos out there. There are even more about how to use the e6b. This video is by far the simplest and easiest for me to understand. Direct and to the point.

[jeraldkonkel]

I'm getting ready for my private pilot checkride. I'm stressed whenever I gotta plan a flight and make a nav log. This video helped me understand the wca solution a little better. Thanks!

[paulalessie]

Thanks for the video! One question: at 1:28 you mentioned your true heading. Isn't this supposed to be true course? The true heading is determinded by the + or - Wind Correction Angle (WCA) right?

[timothydeluca]

Great job putting the green lines in to make it viewable.

[yesu]

In your first example, did you accidentally say "true heading of 080" instead of true course of 080?

[fobypawz]

I wonder how pilots figured this stuff out during Amelia Earhart's time. It seems the e6b was invented during WW2 which is after her time.

[OfficialUSKRprogram]

thank you for your simple explanation, back in flight school I was told to get a CX2 and so I never learned how to use one of those, and every video I found made it sound way overly complicated, but of course it's not, thank you.

[marcoppini]

Thanks for the video, very easy to understand.

[poc]

could you paste the two questions out?
Not easy to follow.

[stevesayer]

If only he did.nt jump from what he was to too what he should be doing it puts people off what he doing instead getting on with. He making harder than it is..

[shantanumathur]

Thank you so much this is super useful info

[guraygorucu]

Thank you for video, but what should we do if the question would give TAS which is 420 KTS ? Can you make video for this question please? Ex: TC = 017, WIND = 340/30, TAS 420 KTS. Find WCA and GS ?

[alecsnyder]

How did you get 118. Like what is the starting point. Sorry im rlly bad at this

[hunterfagan]

How did you get 3.8 gallons burned? I got 3.5 from dividing 28.57 by 8.

[flynhawaiian]

Great Video however it would be easier to follow filling out the flight planner as you go along

[johnpro]

Nicely presented ..would have been clearer if wind was more prominently to either left or right grid lines .
The Example wind is just a bit too close to the centre line for the newbie to follow clearly. Even so ..good vid.

[kevinrenville]

I know this is a little older post, but I'm a little confused. At 6:39, you do a division of 50/105 = 28.57, but I run that number and get 0.476. Where does the conversion come into play and how did you get 28.57?