Storm scope not working?
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I'm curious to know how you've coded the storm scope to work. I have only seen about three strike detections for 1 storm in live wxr while I was observing dozens out the window. I've also flown past a number of storm cells that visually had lightning, but nothing on the scope. As it stands my storm scope is primarily serving as a spotty electrical system monitor for the aircraft, lol.
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@rinkerbuck I finally saw strikes on the scope!
Are you flying the turbo by any chance? For the last 3 days, I've been chasing thunderstorms in the N117AQ (Turbo) and the scope hasn't shown any strikes. I've been using windy.com to monitor real lightning activity, figuring that would be a good start to look for storms. Then, while flying, I used the PM50's GTN750 to monitor the precipitation in the SIM using its radar feature. Once again, thinking this would give me the best chances. I visually saw lots of strikes, but nothing in the scope.
This morning I switched planes to the N1107L (non-turbo). I followed the same procedures as I did before, and this time I got nice activity on the scope. I hade several clusters of strikes on the scope throughout the flight that seemed to make sense based on the weather I was seeing.
I will have to go back and forth between planes, curious if this is plane specific or maybe a turbo/non-turbo issue.
Let me know which plane you were flying, I'll try it and I'll see what happens. I tried to get a pic of the scope working, but I guess I didn't actually capture that image. I think storm chasing might be my new thing! This plane has been really fun to fly.
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@rinkerbuck I finally saw strikes on the scope!
Are you flying the turbo by any chance? For the last 3 days, I've been chasing thunderstorms in the N117AQ (Turbo) and the scope hasn't shown any strikes. I've been using windy.com to monitor real lightning activity, figuring that would be a good start to look for storms. Then, while flying, I used the PM50's GTN750 to monitor the precipitation in the SIM using its radar feature. Once again, thinking this would give me the best chances. I visually saw lots of strikes, but nothing in the scope.
This morning I switched planes to the N1107L (non-turbo). I followed the same procedures as I did before, and this time I got nice activity on the scope. I hade several clusters of strikes on the scope throughout the flight that seemed to make sense based on the weather I was seeing.
I will have to go back and forth between planes, curious if this is plane specific or maybe a turbo/non-turbo issue.
Let me know which plane you were flying, I'll try it and I'll see what happens. I tried to get a pic of the scope working, but I guess I didn't actually capture that image. I think storm chasing might be my new thing! This plane has been really fun to fly.
@arrayed said in Storm scope not working?:
I will have to go back and forth between planes, curious if this is plane specific or maybe a turbo/non-turbo issue.
They both load the same code. Just wanted to save you any unnecessary investigation
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weird how inconsistent it seems to be for everyone
