Operation In Stormscope Mode With Nav Overlay; Operation In Map Mode - Honeywell KMD-150 Pilot's Manual

Stormscope Operation

OPERATION IN STORMSCOPE MODE WITH NAV OVERLAY

If you are running a Flight Plan or have performed a DIRECT TO, the
Flight Plan lines and waypoints will be displayed on the Stormscope
screens in the form of an overlay.
In order to align the lightning strikes correctly to the flight plan lines,
heading information is necessary.
Heading information is available in the form of an external heading refer-
ence input (described previously) or in the form of GPS track data. If you
do not have an external heading reference connected to your WX-500
Stormscope unit, heading data will only be available from the GPS at
ground speeds in excess of 3 knots.
If no external heading reference is connected and you are not moving, a
message saying 'FLIGHT PLAN NOT PLOTTED, NO HEADING' will be
displayed on the Stormscope screen. This will be removed as soon as
you start moving and the Nav overlay will be displayed.

OPERATION IN MAP MODE

The majority of the text in this section refers to the dedicated Stormscope
screens on the KMD 150. It is also possible however to see thunder-
storm cell or strike data while in Map Mode, if you select the lightning
icons to be shown (refer to the
first plotted on the map, a LIGHTNING message will be given at the
bottom of the screen.
Lightning data will only be displayed on the map if a heading reference is
available in the form of an external heading reference input (described
previously) or in the form of GPS track data. If you do not have an
external heading reference connected to your WX-500 Stormscope unit,
track data will only be available from the GPS at ground speeds in
excess of 3 knots.
If no external heading reference is connected and you are not moving, a
message saying 'LIGHTNING NOT PLOTTED, NO HEADING' will be
displayed on the map screen. This will be removed as soon as you start
moving and new lightning strikes will be displayed.
Any settings you make while in the dedicated Stormscope screens (i.e.
range, cell/strike mode, clear etc) will be carried over into Map Mode.
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