Originally Posted by
Check Airman
We ordered some new airplanes that have a completely different wx radar. (Not sure if I'd consider it next gen)
The control panel is completely different. You'd know if you had it installed. It works quite well, and one of the nice features is that ND warning.
I couldn't find a picture handy, but this youtube video has a shot of a one of the model variants at 37:48
https://youtu.be/ZcNPacgEEXY
Hello Airman,
Thank you. the video is very informative.
Our newer aircraft only use the Rockwell Collins WXR-2100. I quite like it except the auto mode has its limitation. I use to be lazy and trusted it 100% and keep the gain in calibrated but then a couple of times we will be climbing or cruising peacefully at night and the radar will show nothing or just some green patches and as soon as you get closer, all of the sudden some green patches appear or worst case the previous green patches become amber not even 20 miles from the cell and we ended up in moderate turbulence... I guess that's why they recommend to use the manual mode in a regular basis.. I won't do that mistake twice... hopefully.
Edit: Ok, thanks to Airman link, I found a very helpful video about the Rockwell Collins Radar and around 45min it explains why all of the sudden some green or orange patches appear. if you guys are interested, here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2NruqjQi4