WEATHER RADAR

THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

WXR Purpose PRIMARY WXR COMPONENT WXR COMPONENT LOCATION OPERATION OF WXR PRECUTION WXR TESTING

PURPOSE The primary function of weather

radar is to detect and display conditions involving rainfall gradients.

A secondary function of weather radar is ground mapping

PRIMARY WXR COMPONENTS

WXR SCOPE

TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER

RADAR CONTROL PANEL

WXR ANTENNA

WXR COMPONENT LOCATION

OPERATION

PRECAUTION •Direct the nose of the aircraft so that the

aerial scan sector is free of large metallic objects such as hangars or other aircraft for a

distance of 100 feet (30 meters).•Do not operate during refueling of aircraft or

defueling operation within 100 feet (30 meters).

•Do not operate if personnel are standing too close to the 270-degree forward sector of the aircraft. (example: for a 12 inch radiator, the

MPEL boundary is 9 feet).

WXR TESTING

The endThis presentation done by Adnan aljunaibiAhmed alawadi