Best Pens for Aeronautical Charts
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Yeah, I may still grab the staedtler when I find it. Couldn't see it anywhere in my local city.
The stabilo is already a massive improvement. It doesn't smudge when taking your ruler away after drawing your track, which I found the sharpie to do constantly. It's also thin enough to write half way points, distance, winds aloft etc.
The stabilo is already a massive improvement. It doesn't smudge when taking your ruler away after drawing your track, which I found the sharpie to do constantly. It's also thin enough to write half way points, distance, winds aloft etc.
Have to say the mighty Chinagraph mechanical pencil (last seen on eBay) is still a favourite for in flight replans or writing info down (line is a bit fat but stands out and rubs off when needed). You can even write on the inside of a cockpit window in an emergency. Forward air controllers in Vietnam used to come back after a mission with the cockpit transparency covered in grid references. Not terribly good for lookout though.
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The stabilo is already a massive improvement. It doesn't smudge when taking your ruler away after drawing your track, which I found the sharpie to do constantly.
You are using your ruler the wrong way up - that's why they are bevelled, so they don't touch the paper/chart.
Personally I preferred using chinagraph rather than Lumocolours - permanent or non-permanent.