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Actual on-board radar for detecting and displaying weather activity; Lightning detectors; and; Satellite or other source weather radar information that is uploaded to the aircraft from an outside source. On-board weather radar systems can be found in aircraft of all sizes.
In this month’s Radar Corner, we start a 3-part series looking at why Honeywell developed the RDR-4000 and RDR-7000 weather radar systems and the problems we were trying to solve. The “8 things” came from, and were a result of, the RDR-4000 human factors study.
31 lip 2022 · The onboard weather radar is one of the most important pieces of equipment in an aircraft to ensure safe operation. Pilots use the radar to find and assess convective weather in the flight path. This assessment can then be used to plan the avoidance maneuver before it is encountered by the aircraft .
18 sty 2018 · For aircraft that already have airborne radar, NEXRAD is a complement, not a replacement. The compilation and dissemination process to get the NEXRAD data to our screens is always improving, but it is at best minutes old in weather that takes mere seconds to change.
In recent years, there have been a number of flights where passengers or crew suffered injuries due to severe turbulence. In some other instances, the aircraft structure was substantially damaged following a hailstorm encounter.
Airborne weather radar is a type of radar used to provide an indication to pilots of the intensity of convective weather. Modern weather radars are mostly doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to intensity of the precipitation.
Airborne Weather Radar provides the pilot with a local (ahead only) weather picture in the cockpit and allows him to identify and avoid specific, undesirable weather formations. A maximum range of 180 NM is common although the commonly used range (as selected by pilots) would normally be in the 30 to 80 NM range.
