Stormscope
®
WX-500
Description
User’s Guide
Strike Rate
The estimated strike rate may be used by pilots to determine if storm cells are building or
decaying. The strike rate is calculated by the MFD for the current range and view. It
represents the approximate strikes-per-minute.
FEATURES
• Detects and plots intra-cloud, inter-cloud and cloud-to-ground electrical discharges
• Completely passive system requiring no transmitter
• All control functions available through the MFD
• 200 nmi range
• Cell and strike data output to the MFD
• Heading stabilization – automatically repositions discharge points on the display
relative to the latest aircraft heading when connected to a compatible heading system
• Three types of self test:
– Power-up self test
– Continuous self test
– Operator initiated self test
• Remote clear — allows operator to clear discharge points from a remotely-mounted
“clear screen” button (not supplied)
• Mic inhibit — inhibits thunderstorm processing when the communications transmit-
ter is keyed to prevent the processing of corrupted data (some installations need to use
this feature, others don’t)
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