MultiScan Radar
Hi there,
I'm relatively new with a new toy in the cockpit, Rockwell Collins MultiScan WX Radar. After reading its overview, however, I came to realize this new radar is smarter than the conventional WX radar that I am used to. Though some of my colleagues from the old school say this multiscan radar paints the clouds in low level so much that they don't trust it, often turn off the auto scan and get back to manual scan in attempt to find the height of the wx in front of us. But I understand the nature of the multiscan is designed to pick up the lower clouds to caution us of the location of CB whose top is full of low radar-reflecting ice instead of water droplets. I am a kind of pilot who avoids the green area at FL400 if it doesn't take so much deviation. So, I keep its multiscan all the time these days.
I'd like to ask you folks a question here. Under which condition, do you go back to manual scan, if you prefer, for what advantage when flying with this new generation wx radar? I would like to listen to your opinion. Please enlighten me.
Fly safe,
AR