Question on radar information
This was posted to Qantas turbulence, but is more relevant here:
Do radar users have any views about how the weather radar interface and capabilities have changed over the last 40 years, compared with other aircraft systems? Could the desire for continuity in the way the data is presented
be preventing a more readily digested weather display from being introduced?
Back in the 1960s phosphor screens and 2kb memory reasonably demand manual adjustment of the scan direction; however, the availability of electronic scanning and beamforming and heaps of processing power should surely allow a more immersive product today.