.3 or .4?

[RyanB]

On the Hobbs that is...

 

[Brad W]

depends...are you the owner or a renter?

 

[benyflyguy]

Not enough info..
Your plane or renting?
You need to log hours or don’t care?

 

[MauleSkinner]

The Hobbs doesn’t slowly move...the transition from .3 to .4 takes less than a minute, so by the rounding rules you probably learned in grade school, 3 5/6 will round up to 4.

 

[smv]

.4 Always.

 

[SkyChaser]

If the Hobbs is counting normal hours, and it only counts in tenths of hours...shouldn't it take some 6 minutes to fully change? Or doesn't it work that way?

(The other option is to log it as 3387 hours and 3.29 minutes or something. )

 

[Jim K]

Trick question....not a Hobbs meter....

 

[PaulS]

0.4 unless you're a snake.

 

[smv]

Trick question....not a Hobbs meter....

Good point.

 

[Dave Theisen]

Log .4, pay .3.

just kidding

 

[Pilawt]

When I was learning to fly, the rule was, "If you can see any part of the next number, that's the one you use."

 

[smv]

When I was learning to fly, the rule was, "If you can see any part of the next number, that's the one you use."

 

[Tom-D]

I log .03 all the time, as engine maintaince. keeps the time straight, keeps the renter from paying for that time.

 

[AKBill]

Buy yourself a plane and remove any such time recording device. Then use you watch or not to record flight time..

 

[Ravioli]

Curious why @Ryanb cares. You only pay for fuel. So what does the fuel pump say?

If it's for the logbook just round up to the nearest hour.

 

[luvflyin]

When I was learning to fly, the rule was, "If you can see any part of the next number, that's the one you use."

That was the ‘rule’ at a large flying club, Plus One Flyers in San Diego. Easily enforced in the Camera in your phone era

 

[Omalley1537]

.4 if I’m checking the plane out, .3 if I’m checking it back in...

 

[FORANE]

I hear with fueling it's an 8.

 

[Dana]

3387.35

 

[MauleSkinner]

If the Hobbs is counting normal hours, and it only counts in tenths of hours...shouldn't it take some 6 minutes to fully change? Or doesn't it work that way?

It doesnt work that way.

 

[SkyChaser]

It doesnt work that way.

Not surprised. LOL How does it work, or is it a mystery?

 

[MauleSkinner]

Not surprised. LOL How does it work, or is it a mystery?

The changeover takes less than a minute...if you’re in transition like the one shown, you’re probably 5:45 into the tenth.

 

[SkyChaser]

The changeover takes less than a minute...if you’re in transition like the one shown, you’re probably 5:45 into the tenth.

Oh, I get it. Duh! Thanks! I guess I was thinking it just was always moving a little bit (probably because that is what my car odometer does).

 

[smv]

Think of it like this and it should become clear:

 

[idahoflier]

The clubs I used to belong said log the roll...

 

[Ghery]

Our club would require that you log it in the book as .4. No question there.