Operation Manual Part 2

Aerosoft – Digital Aviation
CRJ-70 & CRJ-900
AOM PART 2
Systems Description
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26-Jul-2017
WEATHER RADAR (WXR)
The weather radar assists the pilots to avoid areas of ‘bad weather’. The basic principle is that water drops
create a certain radar echo. The intensity of the echo correlates with the density of the water drops. An echo
with a low intensity is indicated green and normally depicts thick clouds or light rain showers whereas an high
intensity echo is depicted in red and equals heavy rain or thunderstorms – basically an area which you’d like to
avoid to fly through. The CRJs weather radar has a maximum range of 320nm and the radar cone deflects to
60° on either side of the aircraft.
Within FSX and Prepar3d the weather radar only returns valid signals when used in conjunction with Hifi Sims
Active Sky Next.