Review on The Ultimate IFR Tri-Fold Kneeboard: Organize Your Flight Charts and Keep Them Secure by Mike Johnston

When I started helicopter school last year I decided to buy all my books and supplies on Amazon because the school has materials but they are expensive. I ordered this knee brace because it wasn't too expensive and seemed to do the job. Of course I just started training so I didn't know anything lol. First, I train on R-22 Robinsons (like everyone else) and you don't have enough room to unfold this knee brace to open your map, navigation log, and anything else you want to see. Second, on long cross-country flights, if you might want to turn your card over, you need to take it out of the transparent sleeve to do so, which is troublesome, especially when flying solo OR you can just stack 2 valves and clip the card to the board, but then there is no loop to keep the card or anything else from flapping in the wind! After a year of learning, these things seem easier and less of a chore, but when you're a beginner, this crap is stressful, increases your workload, and keeps you from learning as much as possible. The last thing you need. To focus during flight training, this is a knee brace. The last thing I'm going to say about this knee pad is that the straps themselves are just elastic, with little velcro straps at each end. In fact, they switched off a couple of times. I can't say how this knee brace would work in other situations, but for my situation, I just described it as terrible. Anyway, I just bought one of the Flyboys knee pads that my school sells and it's a lot better. The straps are sturdy to keep your board on your knee, there's a see-through strap to loop over your table to keep it from dangling, there are easy-access pockets, slots, and pen holders, and there's a flap to tie where You can hook rings, which is useful when learning the instrument. All of my school's instrumental students use this knee brace and laminate procedures involving instruments on this flap. Do yourself a favor and buy a Flyboys knee pad for $40, an extra $20 won't go far!