Uplink weather advice

If you are planning to invest in an installed system then I agree the WSI
system is the best at this point. It is a "transmission" rather than
"request" system so therefore you can get continually updated weather data.
Even more importantly, WSI is an extremely well-established entity in the
weather data industry and therefore it is quite likely they will remain
around for the foreseeable future. Even more importantly, the data
displayed on their weather datalink system is basically the same data as you
can get on the web via www.intellicast.com so the learning curve to learn
how to interpret the data will be much less than with the other panel-mount
datalink providers.

I know of a client/student of mine who uses this system regularly and has
been very pleased, and I saw it installed in another student's plane and he
was similarly pleased with it.


Frankly, if I were to put an installed datalink system in my airplane at
this point then I would be most interested in the WSI system but the main
reason I have not done so yet is because I have an RDR-160 radar system in
my plane and the only current multi-function display which can interface
with that radar is the Avidyne display.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

"Richard Kaplan" wrote:
If you are planning to invest in an installed system then I agree the WSI
system is the best at this point. It is a "transmission" rather than
"request" system so therefore you can get continually updated weather
data.

What, in your opinion, makes this system superior to Bendix/King's KMD 250,
KDR 510 uplink system? Both are transmission systems, one satellite, one
ground, how do they compare otherwise?

I was pleasantly surprised by B/K's system at OSH. It seemed easy to use and
the update speed ane resolution were very good. Its high baud rate seemed to
eliminate some of the software funny business that satellite based systems
resort to for getting images through their limited bandwith.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On 9 Aug 2003 16:13:18 -0700, (Roger C) wrote:

The partner in my aircraft just returned from the oshkosh show and is
interested in getting one of the uplink weather systems for our
aircraft.

I just checked out the wsi system he is recommending at their website.
I see several posts on a few of the systems here but has anyone flown
with one? any advice?

The page for wsi system is here i think

http://www.wsi.com/fly/inflight/sitepromo.asp

Thanks!

You may also want to take a look at Pilot My-Cast at
http://www.my-cast.com/pilot/. This works on several different
digital cellular services. I have subscribed to it (for $9.95/mo)
using my new LG 4400 phone on Verizon's cellular service.

Let's not re-start the old "you can't use a cell phone in a airplane"
thread.......but.......my experience is that it works where it works
and doesn't work where it doesn't. YOUR mileage may vary. ;-) It'll
probably work great on the ground near large cities and won't work at
all on the ground in the boondocks. But......in the boondocks, it'll
likely work ok in the air and won't work near large cities in the air.
Don't ask me how I know.

Klein
Bozeman, MT