e6b2 junk?

just finished ground school. While taking the final, the whole wheel
assembly on the winds side fell out! glue is undone, wheel keeps
falling out, and the grid is getting scratched off. I've only used
the thing about 3 times. Are these things junk?

cab wrote:
> just finished ground school. While taking the final, the whole wheel
> assembly on the winds side fell out! glue is undone, wheel keeps
> falling out, and the grid is getting scratched off. I've only used
> the thing about 3 times. Are these things junk?

What kind do you have? We have an ASA aluminum E6B which has been
slammed around literally and figuratively for close to 10 yrs,
saw yoeman duty through 2 PPLs, and is still going strong.

We have a cardboard Jepp "flight computer" (just like E6B)
which gets used less often, but it's still strong. It went
through all the flight planning for an IR and still gets used.

So they're not all junk -- no promises on your specific item
though.

That's the mini e6b right? Mine had the same problems. Sent ot back to ASA
and they replaced it.
"cab" <acdc@nc.> wrote in message
news:a5a6f5cd.0307220601.18f0d352@c om...
> just finished ground school. While taking the final, the whole wheel
> assembly on the winds side fell out! glue is undone, wheel keeps
> falling out, and the grid is getting scratched off. I've only used
> the thing about 3 times. Are these things junk?

mine is APR, Aero Products Research. It sure has fallen apart quickly.






Sydney Hoeltzli <last_name@swbell.net> wrote in news:3F1D456F.7050907
@swbell.net:

> cab wrote:
>> just finished ground school. While taking the final, the whole wheel
>> assembly on the winds side fell out! glue is undone, wheel keeps
>> falling out, and the grid is getting scratched off. I've only used
>> the thing about 3 times. Are these things junk?
>
> What kind do you have? We have an ASA aluminum E6B which has been
> slammed around literally and figuratively for close to 10 yrs,
> saw yoeman duty through 2 PPLs, and is still going strong.
>
> We have a cardboard Jepp "flight computer" (just like E6B)
> which gets used less often, but it's still strong. It went
> through all the flight planning for an IR and still gets used.
>
> So they're not all junk -- no promises on your specific item
> though.
>
>
>

I haven't seen the APR Industries flight computers except for the keychain
version. I have a mini ASA E6B in my logbook case and keep a full size Kane
in the plane. I also have the APR keychain and haven't had any problems with
any of them...

Have you tried contacting APR for repair or replacement? I found this
address:
APR Industries
11201 Hindry Ave.
LA, CA 90045-6299

For the cost of replace/repair and shipping, you may be better off getting a
Kane, Jepp or ASA model from EBay or similar...

"cab" <acdc@nc.> wrote in message
news:Xns93C4D3BB0BDC4acdcncrrcom@24.25.9.43...
> mine is APR, Aero Products Research. It sure has fallen apart quickly.
>
> Sydney Hoeltzli <last_name@swbell.net> wrote in news:3F1D456F.7050907
> @swbell.net:
>
> > cab wrote:
> >> just finished ground school. While taking the final, the whole wheel
> >> assembly on the winds side fell out! glue is undone, wheel keeps
> >> falling out, and the grid is getting scratched off. I've only used
> >> the thing about 3 times. Are these things junk?
> >
> > What kind do you have? We have an ASA aluminum E6B which has been
> > slammed around literally and figuratively for close to 10 yrs,
> > saw yoeman duty through 2 PPLs, and is still going strong.
> >
> > We have a cardboard Jepp "flight computer" (just like E6B)
> > which gets used less often, but it's still strong. It went
> > through all the flight planning for an IR and still gets used.
> >
> > So they're not all junk -- no promises on your specific item
> > though.
> >
> >
> >
>