Weather Radar Tutorial: How to Use It & How to Avoid Weather!

A detailed explanation on the weather radar system found in many airliners today! Background theory, weather radar operations & weather avoidance strategies for your flightsim flight are discussed. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Become a Patreon & Discord crew member! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡MORE INFO & TIMESTAMPS HERE!!๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Special thanks to my $5 patrons: Ben, Roberto, Peter, Martin, Jean-Gabriel, Steve, Jeff, Sean, Janek, Jan & Chris! Want to become a patron as well and would you like to support the AviationPro channel? Check out my Patreon page: Check out my video on how to read aviation weather charts! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰ --- SUPPORT AVIATIONPRO --- ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ If you liked this content, and if you want to help me making more of these videos in the future, please consider supporting AviationPro! Your help and contributions are much appreciated and help me finance some of the costs associated with this channel. Thanks! :) โœ”๏ธ AviationPro Support page & Paypal link: โœ”๏ธ Become a patron via Patreon with great rewards! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰ --- INFO --- ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ A detailed tutorial providing you with some of the basics of the operation of the weather radar and on how to avoid adverse weather. Please keep in mind: this video is intended for flight simulation ONLY! ๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿ“„ --- DOCUMENTATION --- ๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿ“„ For a more detailed view on weather radar systems and how to recognize various patterns that are portrayed in real world weather radar images, check out some of the documentation that I used for this video. Keep in mind that in the real world a much larger diversity of weather systems are present which generate characteristic shapes on the weather radar image. In flight simulation, not all of that is possible. Airbus Optimum Use of Weather Radar: Boeing Weather Radar Document: ~/media/Files/Unsecure/Products/Product Brochures/Radar and Surveillance/Weather Radar/WXR-2100/MultiScan ThreatTrack Quick Reference Guide - ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰ --- Timestamps --- ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ ๐Ÿ‘‰ - Intro: 0:00 ๐Ÿ‘‰ - Background theory: 0:51 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- How does the weather radar work?: 1:13 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Info about thunderstorms & cumulonimbus clouds: 3:35 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- How to scan a thunderstorm: 6:28 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Common weather radar images: 10:01 ๐Ÿ‘‰ - How to operate the weather panel: 12:11 ๐Ÿ‘‰ - How to avoid adverse weather: 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Flight preparation: 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Weather separation minima: 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Practical example of avoiding weather: 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘‰ -- Calculating cloud tops: 31:49 ๐Ÿ‘‰- Outro: 34:17 If you liked this video, please leave a like and subscribe! It would be much appreciated! :) --- ADDONS USED --- - PMDG Boeing 737 - Active Sky for Prepar3D V4 - REX SkyForce 3D - ORBX FTX Global - Ultimate Terrain Europe ALL PREPAR3D V4.3! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰ --- OTHER AVIATIONPRO VIDEOS YOU WILL LIKE --- ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ Prepar3D Fan Tries X-Plane 11 for the first time! First X-Plane 11 Flight after Years with Prepar3D! VATSIM Oceanic Procedures Tutorial! QualityWings Boeing 787: First Impressions! ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰ --- STAY TUNED WITH AVIATIONPRO! --- ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ ๐ŸŒŽ Follow me on Facebook! ๐ŸŒŽ Follow me on Twitter! ๐ŸŒŽ Check out my website for much more!
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