Piper Malibu PA-46-310P Pilot Operating Handbook page 416

PIPER AIR('RAFT CORPORATION
PA-46-JIOP, MALIBU
(b) IN-FLIGHT FUNCTIONS
SECTION 9
SllPPI.EMENT 7
(I) The WX-IOA has the capacity to show up to 256 dots on the
display screen. When in FWD mode all dots will be concentrated
on the upper half of the screen to give greater definition of
thunderstorm activity ahead of the airplane. No warnings will
be received from the rear half of the display.
(2)
The size and shape of the cluster of dots will indicate how
concentrated or sparse the electrical discharges arc at the
thunderstorm location.
The rapidity at which the individual dots appear indicate the
rate of occurrence of the electrical discharges and generally the
thunderstorm severity.
The dot patterns will update automatically anywhere from
approximately 10 seconds to
5
minutes depending upon the
nature and severity of the detected disburances by automatic
erasure of oldest signals and display of newly detected signals.
A random, scattered display of signals may only indicate
possible areas of atmospheric instability rather than significant
thunderstorm activity.
Read the owners manual for complete explanation and inter-
pretation of dots.
(3) The push test button, TST, may be used in-flight to verify
proper operation of the system.
SECTION
S -
PERFORMANCE
No change.
SECTION 6 - WEIGHT AND BALANCE
Factory installed optional equipment is included in the licensed weight
and balance data in the Equipment List attached to the Pilot's Operating
Handbook.
ISSUED: APRIL 30, 1984
REPORT: VB-1200
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