ASN/WXR: PWS microburst experience!

[vr-pilot 11]

Wow guys, this was amazing!

 

Just was on windshear-hunting again and I can tell you...

Try my well-trusted ASN scenario (historical weather): April 30th 2014, KNPA25L T/O at 1108Z inbound KJKA to KJKA360/5 (abeam threshold RWY27). At 1113Z I got into the windshear. I was able to reproduce this scenario as the windshear appeared at (almost?) exact the same location. Perhaps you can make the same experience...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1100ft AGL the windshear caught me, I let the situation "develop" for 15 seconds, disengaged the A/P and only at 550ft AGL I commanded TO/GA on A/T. At 200ft AGL the plane began to climb again. If I would have commanded TO/GA at the first PWS alert the "descend" would have been stopped at approx 700ft AGL.

Take a look at the instruments: warnings, IAS (230, 260, 180 kts), ALT drop and the high ROD (-2900ft/min!)

A lot of noise in the cockpit and I can highly recommend to experience this...

 

Have a nice trip! B)

 

BTW: sorry for the low res pics but I was flying in 3D-mode (nvidia-3d-vision-2) which is only 1280x720 on my PC and additionally photobucket resized them (?) to about 1024x576...

Those who would like to have/see the 1280x720 pics, here is the link to the dropbox folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lmv2p4vks3dufkf/AAClaoFYmBcI6Hfp21lOJpPpa

 

Edit: just saw that this thread was started three times. My (one-and-only-I-swear-) click on "submit post" was answerd with the "service not available" screen and the connection to the server was lost. On this "lost connection" screen (btw. via Laptop using firefox) I pressed the reload button twice as I thought my "beautiful" message was lost... Sorry for the tripple but perhaps this might be interesting for Tom Allensworth...

Edited July 20, 2014 by vr-pilot

[jetsflier 87]

I'm starting to be convinced that I need Active Sky Next...

[dgraham1284 92]

I'm starting to be convinced that I need Active Sky Next...

 

It took awhile to convince me. I already had Opus. Haven't opened it since...

[MPL 30]

Same here, Opus installed also but not used once after ASN.

[vr-pilot 11]

Just saw that this thread was started three times. My (one-and-only-I-swear-) click on "submit post" was answerd with the "service not available" screen and the connection to the server was lost. On this "lost connection" screen (btw. via Laptop using firefox) I pressed the reload button twice as I thought my "beautiful" message was lost... Sorry for the tripple but perhaps this might be interesting for Tom Allensworth...

 

EDIT: actually it is posted five times :blush:  Sorry Tom Allensworth and moderators! I must have pushed the reload button four times on the "lost connection" screen which than nevertheless worked in one direction...

Edited July 20, 2014 by vr-pilot

[willywonka 36]

I'm starting to be convinced that I need Active Sky Next...

Yep. Opus user here. Gotta say that ASN is worth its price. I still use Opus for the camera movements though, just disable its weather.

[777 340]

Wow that's some nasty weather on that WXR, especially the windshear indicator, another fab feature in the update!!! storm chaser in a 777 that's fab

[vr-pilot 11]

 

 

storm chaser in a 777 that's fab

That remembers me of testing a WXR in a RW pressurized Cessna 210 over ten years ago. The technicians had big difficulties in finding the cause of the malfunction of the aged Bendix WXR.

It took six flights until the cause was found: a combination of in flight vibration and earthing IIRC (something not yet simulated or related to ASN/PMDG  :ph34r:  )...

It was "funny" seeing that the scope showed nothing while in front of the plane was in fact "doomsday" (giant storm cells: FL340+). Or the other way around it showed a wall of echoes while turning through large sectors of wonderful blue skies...

 

So: WXR has never been easy so far but mostly for different reasons!

 

Greetings,

Claus

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

And now, Claus, fly the same scenario with TERR on ND enabled ...   B)

[vr-pilot 11]

 

 

And now, Claus, fly the same scenario with TERR on ND enabled ... B)

Moin Olli!

If you mean the "KNPA25L-to-KJKA27" experiment:

I have "always..." activated WXR on the left ND and TERR on the right ND. As soon as the WINDSHEAR alert sequence started, the PWS depiction scheme was also overlayed on the TERR display... So: TERR+PWS at the same time. (But actually this is the same witch ND TFC="auto-on if alert=1")

 

Or did you mean something else? :blink: 

 

Greetings,

Claus

[Don t moderate me this way 882]

(...), the PWS depiction scheme was also overlayed on the TERR display... So: TERR+PWS at the same time. (...)

 

 

Moin, moin, Claus: Exactly. Might be an interesting detail for your 'audience'.

[Richard Avenido 5]

MUST.. BUY.. ACTIVE.. SKY.. NEXT..!!!!

[masneoquil 66]

This is a classic example of "We let the product to speak for it self".

There is no better marketing campaign than this.

AWESOME!!

[RudiJG1 172]

ASN is quite remarkable, isn't it? In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a beta tester for its developer. That said, I had my first windshear alert on approach to rwy 34R at KAFW last night...incredible! I was able to "weather" the event and continue the approach...but just barely.

[scandinavian13 5,192]

 

 

At 1100ft AGL the windshear caught me, I let the situation "develop" for 15 seconds, disengaged the A/P and only at 550ft AGL I commanded TO/GA on A/T. At 200ft AGL the plane began to climb again. If I would have commanded TO/GA at the first PWS alert the "descend" would have been stopped at approx 700ft AGL.

 

Nothing but a bunch of lies...

 

We all know that all of this was caused by someone not obeying the NO ELECTRONICS sign in the cabin... those cell phones interfering with the plane's electronics, you know... 

 

 

 

In all seriousness, I haven't run into windshear yet, but it would be cool to see this in action!  Thanks for posting this!