PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK
SUPPLEMENT 6
”BFG” WX--500 STORMSCOPE
Edition 2 -- October 31, 2013
Rev. 0
Page 9.6.3
SECTION 6
WEIGHT AND BALANCE
The weight and balance hereafter supplement or replace those of the standard airplane described in Section 6
”Weight and balance” of the basic Pilot's Operating Handbook when the airplane is equipped with the option
””BFG” WX-500 STORMSCOPE”.
S/
R/
A/
O
ITEM
OPT70
or
MOD70
REQUIRED (R) OR STANDARD (S) OR OPTIONAL (A or
O) EQUIPMENT
WEIGHT
per unit
lb
(kg)
ARM
in.
(m)
A
34 - NAVIGATION
A
OPT70 34056C
Stormscope
WX-500
- shared with the GARMIN G1000 system
4.94
(2.240)
232.28
(5.900)
SECTION 7
DESCRIPTION
Information hereafter supplement or replace those of the standard airplane described in Section 7 ”Description” of
the basic Pilot’s Operating Handbook when the airplane is equipped with the option ””BFG” WX-500
STORMSCOPE”.
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 views : 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.
SECTION 8
HANDLING, SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE
Installation and operation of ””BFG” WX-500 STORMSCOPE” do not change the handling, servicing and
maintenance procedures of the airplane described in Section 8 ”Handling, Servicing and Maintenance” of the basic
Pilot’s Operating Handbook.
