Radar on P337

[rrolland]

Herb:

All good points. I do have ADS-B in and out on my current airplane as well as a WX 500 displaying on the GTN 750. It works well.

Last July I was flying up from Miami towards northern FL with a bunch of CB's around Melbourne. All was well until the Nexrad weather stopped updating shortly after top of climb. The WX was showing strikes pretty much everywhere in front of the aircraft. Orlando Approach was very helpful in helping me navigate through the line. I came very close to turning around.

Of course, I was barely 50 miles north of the line when Nexrad came back on...

In my day job, I have radar. It works well for short and medium range tactical avoidance. I look at Nexrad as more of a strategic tool.


I do not want to spend a lot of AMU's getting a radar, but if the opportunity arises at reasonable cost I will.


Richard