Funny, I was flying night IMC over central Iowa last night, and we were doing these exact types of radio calls. The controllers are very helpful. They are *hoping* you ask for that deviation, they don't want to see you fly through a purple blob on their scope - wondering if you will get through to the other side. Ask.
I recently completed my long commercial solo xc. Lots of weather deviations for what ATC referred to as “heavy to extreme precipitation”. Went through some that was probably moderate at most. It was a great learning experience. Controllers are always helpful when you communicate timely and precisely
I've screwed-up a weather deviation due to the shadowing effect from an airborne radar before. All I could do was vector our pilot around whatever popped up, and keep the turns as shallow as possible. The turbulence got pretty heavy, but thank God we punched through successfully. Pro tip: the storms are usually subject to the same wind as you, so you can avoid them by using headings, rather than ground tracks. As long as you don't violate anybody's airspace, you can ignore what's on the ground till you get past the danger.
Working with our military controllers, they’ve actually requested we ask for left or right deviations instead of initially asking for a numerical degree.
It's really important to check the direction and speed of the cell, if it were to move to from west to east I would choose to deviate to the west side of it so the cell itself keeps moving further away from me (of course with no more build up behind it). I use Sentry ADSB Receiver on my GA flights to keep me alert of weather.
You are so right!!! I grew up in South Fla., and spent many happy hours sailing and fishing. Also survived numerous heavy squall lines. Weather, always dynamic, is everything.
@CCitis. What you wrote was the very thing that entered my mind. Weather is extremely important in aviation but how does one pass by thousands of years of sailing? I suspect a setup. They knew sailors were going to jump all over this. I did think it was pretty good though. Had a good laugh.
Fair enough lol, I think they were just too zoomed in on flying. Indeed, for thousands of years sailors have tried to interpret weather... and failed and paid for it. Weather and the Ocean are the most powerful forces. @@roderickcampbell2105
@@RootedHat Hi Rooted. I wonder why you did not toss in SNCF. That always messed me up. It also has nothing to do with flying :) Unless you include TGV.
I heard @FlightInsight ‘s voice and thought I’d mis-clicked onto a different video 😂
Had to double check the channel
See, same here! 😂
Guilty here 😂
same xD
Same!
Edit: I didn’t know his first name until this comment.
As ever so clearly explained, both the implementation and the reasons that make it worth doing. Thanks Dan.
Funny, I was flying night IMC over central Iowa last night, and we were doing these exact types of radio calls. The controllers are very helpful. They are *hoping* you ask for that deviation, they don't want to see you fly through a purple blob on their scope - wondering if you will get through to the other side.
Ask.
As a VFR pilot I found this very informative.
I recently completed my long commercial solo xc. Lots of weather deviations for what ATC referred to as “heavy to extreme precipitation”. Went through some that was probably moderate at most. It was a great learning experience. Controllers are always helpful when you communicate timely and precisely
Great video. As a dispatcher I handle a lot of weather deviations in flight and it's very useful to see how pilots view it.
I've screwed-up a weather deviation due to the shadowing effect from an airborne radar before. All I could do was vector our pilot around whatever popped up, and keep the turns as shallow as possible. The turbulence got pretty heavy, but thank God we punched through successfully.
Pro tip: the storms are usually subject to the same wind as you, so you can avoid them by using headings, rather than ground tracks. As long as you don't violate anybody's airspace, you can ignore what's on the ground till you get past the danger.
Once again, a great video! Thank you guys!
Great video thank you.
cool collab, Dan!
Thanks for the scenario based g1000 tip.
This dude helped me pass my checkride a couple years ago. Invaluable info. Good on yall. Thanks
Working with our military controllers, they’ve actually requested we ask for left or right deviations instead of initially asking for a numerical degree.
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Could you please explain why it is preferable to go to the lee side of the system rather than the other side?
It's really important to check the direction and speed of the cell, if it were to move to from west to east I would choose to deviate to the west side of it so the cell itself keeps moving further away from me (of course with no more build up behind it). I use Sentry ADSB Receiver on my GA flights to keep me alert of weather.
"No other endeavour influenced as heavily by weather".... Sailing has entered the chat.
You are so right!!! I grew up in South Fla., and spent many happy hours sailing and fishing. Also survived numerous heavy squall lines.
Weather, always dynamic, is everything.
@CCitis. What you wrote was the very thing that entered my mind. Weather is extremely important in aviation but how does one pass by thousands of years of sailing? I suspect a setup. They knew sailors were going to jump all over this. I did think it was pretty good though. Had a good laugh.
Fair enough lol, I think they were just too zoomed in on flying. Indeed, for thousands of years sailors have tried to interpret weather... and failed and paid for it. Weather and the Ocean are the most powerful forces. @@roderickcampbell2105
And farming...
@@bbgun061 True. But one could run to the barn or basement. No such refuge in the air or sea. You could save your life, not always your crops.
Does a non-nxi g1000 have the parallel track feature?
yes
Yes, the GNS430/530 units have parallel track. Press FPL, then MENU, then scroll down to Parallel Track?
In France they have SFR
What's that stand for?
@ihatecivicssomuch Société Française du Radiotéléphone.
It's a network company. Totally unrelated to flying.
@@RootedHat😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ihatecivicssomuch Hah karma! That's what you get for hating on the best car in the world!
@@RootedHat Hi Rooted. I wonder why you did not toss in SNCF. That always messed me up. It also has nothing to do with flying :) Unless you include TGV.