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Do you actually use the slide rule?
Always, very handy! 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
A few times for novelity reasons. 50%  50%  [ 8 ]
Almost never. 25%  25%  [ 4 ]
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Altair
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Just wondering, have you ever found it to be usefull?

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Sure. I used it last week when my E6B ran out of juice.

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I used the ones on my B-1 and Bentley, never on my Navitimer. It is kind of hard to turn the Navitimer bezels so i don't bother using that one.

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Altair wrote:
Just wondering, have you ever found it to be usefull?
Certainly, for almost 2o years now. Unfortunately, with age, vision isn't what it used to be so the slide rule use diminished accordingly. :cry:
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i'm pretty sure i saw a reference for this on the site before, but how do you use the bentley slide rule? is there a useful book/guide for this?

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I should scan my Slide Rule instruction book... i think the Bentley's came with an instruction manual on how to use the slide rule...?

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I only use the sliderule when the top dot is misaligned from the 12 o'clock mark.
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they gave me a little practice slide rule thingie, but no instruction booklet, should there have been one? do i need to swing by the ad and ask about this?

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There are two pages explaining how to use the Navitimer sliderule in the 07 chronolog!!


defiancekofb wrote:
I only use the sliderule when the top dot is misaligned from the 12 o'clock mark.


:lol:

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Fun sliderule encounter during an official Breitling training session:

A girl from the sales asks the agent to explain the sliderule, his answer:

"Ask one of Your watchmakers, I cannot see the shit..."

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rhequest wrote:
they gave me a little practice slide rule thingie, but no instruction booklet, should there have been one? do i need to swing by the ad and ask about this?


Both my Navitimers came with the instruction book for sure, but I cannot remember if my B-1 and my Bentley came with it... not home to check right now.

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