What's a good KNEEBOARD?

[squale]

Well I think for my flight training it's a good idea to get a kneeboard to hold some VFR info and some airport charts, etc.

Anybody recommend a particular kneeboard?

I was looking at the tri-fold Jeppesen kneeboard here: http://www.pilotmall.com/store/merc...roduct_Code=267&Product_Count=&Category_Code=

So any info is very very much appreciated so I can order one up and have it in time for flying this weekend..

 

[7B2]

What's a good KNEEBOARD?

One that doesn't strap to your knee

I never liked those folding ones, other then that it doesn't really matter as long as it's not too big.

 

[Illini Pilot]

i have been using the ASA one for 4 years now and its held up fine...if you do get the ASA (and i think Jepp ones are like this too) make sure you get the longer length one that is the length of a sectional, the "normal" ones require you to fold a sectional/L-chart a little at the top or bottom

 

[skyking1976]

I suggest you try these.

SK

 

[squale]

i have been using the ASA one for 4 years now and its held up fine...if you do get the ASA (and i think Jepp ones are like this too) make sure you get the longer length one that is the length of a sectional, the "normal" ones require you to fold a sectional/L-chart a little at the top or bottom

is this Jep one long enough for what you state above...
http://www.pilotmall.com/store/merc...roduct_Code=267&Product_Count=&Category_Code=

how can you tell,, what is the length of a sectional?

 

[7B2]

Excellent skyking1976!!!

Squale
I wouldn't go for a too long one, those friggin' things always get you totally jammed up with the yoke (and that's not at altitude either)

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

I don't like my ASA, it's either hitting the stick in a katana, or hitting the yoke in a Cessna. Maybe I'm just too far forward in the seat and need to get a ghetto lean going.

 

[7B2]

squale,

this one I've used for 8 years already, works great.

That sectional in your kneeboard doesn't work anyway (my personal experience), just stick that on the dash or tuck it under the whole kneeboard if you're not using it.

http://www.avmart.com/itemdetail.asp?pid=1610&cat=41

 

[pilotman2105]

It just depends. I've been through a few looking for one that I like. I found one left in an airplane that is similar to the one that you're looking at now. When I use one, that's the one that I use. However, after you go through a majority of your training, you'll find that you just use a chart.

But to sum it up, expect to go through a couple different ones looking for the one that you like. The ones that you don't like you can give to your passengers to use when you take them up.

 

[7B2]

Thanks Texan Aviator,

I just advised the ASA one

 

[squale]

what I find rather stupid is that I get one of these Jep PPL training kits, and it has everything under the sun, except a kneeboard.. what's up with that? isn't a kneeboard one of the more important items you take with you flying?

 

[crowbar]

Go to walmart and buy a 2 dollar clipboard and a tablet, there's your kneeboard.

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Go to walmart and buy a 2 dollar clipboard and a tablet, there's your kneeboard.

I'd like to be on that bike...

 

[squale]

Go to walmart and buy a 2 dollar clipboard and a tablet, there's your kneeboard.

man if that's your woman on that bike, you are a lucky man,, what the hell are you doing chatting on these forums.... you know where you should be right now... lol

 

[Illini Pilot]

true about the length thing, but at 6'2" its usually full back for me. and about the sectional fitting in the pocket unfolded...i usually keep my sectionals in my kneeboard since im using it all the time and my kneeboard keeps my maps, checklist etc all together instead of digging things out of my flightbag midflight that i forget to get out. however, on x-c's i normally have the sectional out on the dash anyways.

 

[Speedtree]

I'd like to BE that bike!!

about the kneeboards. My opinion is the simpler the better. I've had and seen students with lots of crap stuck all over their kneeboards and they still can't find what they're looking for. All the extra stuff gets in the way.

Fold the sectional and put in the corner of dash and window or in a pocket usually found in most GA aircraft. Or on the seat next to you when solo. All you really need is a notepad and pen/pencil to write down ATIS and ATC instructions. The only other item is a checklist. Try to think about the big picture and know your material before you fly. Keep things simple in the aircraft. Fly the aircraft.

The other thing is do what works for you. You may have to try one or two first before you find one you like. I used an ASA one, just a flat panel with all the cheat sheet info on it. It had a strap that went around your leg and I used that sometimes. It also had a pencil grip on one side. Lots of folks like the trifold but I never could see the need. Most are too bulky.

 

[100LL... Again!]

Get a $2 8.5x11'' clipboard from office depot.

Print out on a computer everything you want on your "cheat sheet". Tape it to the board.

Glue some foam rubber on the back if you really must.

There are about 500 items in the sporty's cawtalog that they would be more than happy to tell you that you need.

I used a 8x5" clipboard when I flew freight, and threw it in the seat next to me. If I had a pax, they held it till i needed it.

If a real honest-to-God kneeboard is what you need to make yourself feel more pilot-like, then by all means, go for it.

Just don't take it to your airline interview, like one fella I knew.

You'll never use it again.

 

[flyifrvfr]

It just depends. I've been through a few looking for one that I like. I found one left in an airplane that is similar to the one that you're looking at now. When I use one, that's the one that I use. However, after you go through a majority of your training, you'll find that you just use a chart.

But to sum it up, expect to go through a couple different ones looking for the one that you like. The ones that you don't like you can give to your passengers to use when you take them up.

I might be a goody two shoes but did you take the kneeboard that you found in the airplane to lost and found or did you "adopt it as your own." Some poor kid is probably still looking for it and hoping it might one day show up in the airplane where he left it..

 

[pilotman2105]

I left a note with the dispatcher including my name and contact information. I'll be more than happy to return it to whomever calls me with an accurate description of it.

And on a similar note, I've left my fair share of personal belongings in aircraft which have never found their way to the lost and found... I don't like being in those shoes, so I wouldn't just "take" something that wasn't mine.

I'm not the evil little pilot you may think that I am...

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

I have an extended length ASA trifold kneeboard. I love it and don't fly without it. It has 3 pockets, 2 pencil holders, a clip, and a strap for your knee.

I personally like the strap on your knee because that way you can move your leg around or suffer some turbulence without it falling off or sliding around. Took me about 3 months to make it how I liked it and made shure everything was accessible but it works just fine now and I wouldn't go to anything else.

 

[urflyingme?!]

I have the tri-fold-- The long Jepp is better than the long asa
The plain metal flat ones, with the ifr or vfr notes and a simple legstrap are actually really great too. Lightweight and can still hold ur papers/pencil. You can put the chart underneith it or in the window/dash...

 

[Gulfstream 200]

best kneeboard is one that is towed behind a Malibu skier.

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

I wanted the Jeppenson but I got a really good deal on the ASA at EAA AirVenture and noone had the Jep long kneeboard so I took what I could.

The basic kneeboard is what I started out with. During Instrament training there is a a tendency for your flight bag to eat your charts and the charts multiply about 10 fold. The trifold tends to help in this regard.

I would be worried about flight bag clutter tho. You start with this huge flight bag and lots of space and you accumulate alot of 'stuff' along the flight training path and you need to decide which is important and what isn't. My kneeboard had the same thing when I went to the trifold and you wouldn't believe what accumulated there.

My advice would be if you are flying out of an uncontrolled airport, fly without a kneeboard till you solo and then pick up a basic kneeboard (if you are at a controlled airport, get a basic kneeboard). After you get your private, spurge and get a trifold.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Ski Natique Biatch!

 

[B190Captain]

When I was training I was a sucker and bought one of those overpriced sporty's pieces of sh!t. I never used it.

If you really need one just go to an office supply store and get a small clipboard. It's alot cheaper.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

NAUTIQUES are for poor people.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Ya um your nuts pal....
So are mercedes?

 

[7B2]

Never realized choosing a kneeboard could be a life altering decision.
I wonder what the regionals prefer you’d use during ppl flight training/

 

[Brett Hull]

Do not delay. Choose a kneeboard and get it on your leg ASAP! As a Bankair pilot told me and our sim instructor when we were getting our learjet types together: "A professional pilot wears a kneeboard". You can't have one strapped to your leg soon enough. You'll be a more confident pilot with one. They even make learning easier.







What are you waiting for? CALL SPORTY'S NOW!!!








p.s. I think some people around here are just a bit gullible.

 

[wingnutt]

yea, i thought i was cool at one time with my tri-fold kneeboard, until i got my first 135 job that is

whatcha need a kneeboard for? simply put...

• initial heading on the heading bug
• altitude on the ADF
• departure frequency on comm2
• and code in the transponder

...read it back as such, and youre ready to go