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Conversions
You can’t solve a problem unless the values agree.
You can’t mix statute and nautical miles, gallons
and liters, or Fahrenheit and Celsius. Your ASA
E6-B Flight Computer makes it possible for you to
convert between values with simple settings of the
middle scale.
Nautical to Statute Miles
Distances on sectional and world aeronautical charts
are in statute miles. Your airspeed indicator usually
reads in knots, or nautical miles per hour. It is easy
to convert between the two values by using special
markings on the slide rule side of your flight com-
puter. Look on the outside scale near 70 for mark-
ings labeled NAUT and STAT. Set the known value
under the appropriate arrow and read the converted
value under the other. For example, to convert 90
knots to statute miles per hour:
1. Set the arrow marked NAUT opposite of 90
on the middle scale.
2. Read 103.5 under the STAT arrow.
See
Figure 8.
Figure 8