So I read all about the Collins WX Radar in the FCOM but where do I find out how to use it on the line?

Join an airline as a pilot > get given a study guide > get ground schooled > get practical training > get proficiency checked every so often.

 

otherwise just youtube it... youtube's good. Pretty sure Kyle made a video on WXR for the 777. The lessons are transferable.

 

Brian Nellis

Plenty of great resources online -- Airbus have a great summary of how weather radars work, tilt, gain and recommended settings for different phases of flight: http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/AirbusSafetyLib_-FLT_OPS-ADV_WX-SEQ07.pdf

 

Also this document looking at tilt: http://code7700.com/radar_tilt.html

Plenty of great resources online -- Airbus have a great summary of how weather radars work, tilt, gain and recommended settings for different phases of flight: http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/AirbusSafetyLib_-FLT_OPS-ADV_WX-SEQ07.pdf

 

Also this document looking at tilt: http://code7700.com/radar_tilt.html

Nice find!

Thanks

Kevin

Smart Alec comment aside... Here's the video Kyle made!

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3_o3jVUK6A

 

Thanks Kyle!

 

Brian Nellis

 

 

Thanks Kyle!

 

Welcome! I should probably go back and edit all of those to make them a little more professionally done, but I've been so busy lately...

Meh... you get your point across.

 

Brian Nellis

Nice find!

Thanks

Kevin

 

No worries! Hope it's useful. Hopefully one day we'll have more of the subtleties -- like ground returns and storm shadows -- which, as those two links demonstrate, in the real world are key to 'reading' the radar picture and working out which returns are just rain and which are really nasty.

Umm the 737 has a weather radar now , never heard about it 

Umm the 737 has a weather radar now , never heard about it 

 

LOL! Where did you live in the last 7 days man?On the moon???