PRIMUSr 880 Digital Weather Radar System

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Positional Relationship of an Airplane and

Storm Cells Ahead as Displayed on Indicator

Figure 5- 1

The drawing is laid out to simulate the face of the indicator with the semicircular range marks. To derive a clearer concept of the picture that the indicator presents, imagine that the storm is a loaf of sliced bread standing on end. From a point close to the surface of earth, it towers to a high- altitude summit. Without upsetting the loaf of bread, the radar removes a single slice from the middle of the loaf, and places this slice flat upon the table. Looking at the slice of bread from directly above, a cross section of the loaf can be seen in its broadest dimension. In the same manner, the radar beam literally slices out a horizontal cross section of the storm and displays it as though the viewer was looking

Radar Facts

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Honeywell 880 manual Aircraft Heading