TBM
700
850
SUPPLEMENT 6
”BFG”
STORMSCOPE
Page 9.6.4
Edition 1 -- November 30, 2010
Rev. 0
SECTION 6
WEIGHT AND BALANCE
Informations hereafter supplement the ones given for the standard airplane
in Section 6 ”Weight and balance” of the basic Pilot’s Operating Handbook.
A
or
O
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIER
WEIGHT
per unit
lb
(kg
)
ARM
in.
(m
)
34 -- NAVIGATION
A
Stormscope
WX--500
-- shared with the GARMIN G1000
system
(OPT 70 34056C)
BFG
4.94
(2.240)
232.28
(5.900)
SECTION 7
DESCRIPTION
The ”BFG” (Series II) stormscope, weather mapping system provides a
visual screen readout of the electrical discharges associated with
thunderstorms. This information with proper interpretation, will allow the pilot
to detect severe thunderstorm activity. A series of green dots or of strike
points will be displayed on the screen to indicate the electrical discharge
areas.
Dots or strike points may be displayed on two selectable wiews : 360
°
view of
surrounding airspace and 120
°
view of forward airspace only.
The display scope provides full scale selectable ranges of 200, 100, 50 and
25 NM.
