Hi,

I second Jens request for a weather radar overlay.

Eric

A rainfall radar that updated in flight would require an in-flight internet connection, which most subscribers do not have. Do you have a reliable internet connection in flight, then?

My preferred altitude when making a somewhat longer trip is btn 2500' and 3000'. Sometimes my iPad gets updates regarding metar and taf inflight.

Eric

Thanks for the explanation. Although I can see how useful a rainfall radar would be in flight, if it were constantly updated, we wouldn't want to implement such a feature and give people false expectations. The reality is that (depending on country of overflight) an internet connection is unreliable at best. I hate to think anybody would rely on a rainfall radar feature for real-time tactical planning of where to fly, then realise that the feature has stopped updating just when they were relying on it.

The reception quality depends on altitude and infrastructure for shure. In my case flying a helo mainly at or below 2000 Agl it is quite good most of the time. An option would be to display the rain data only when an cellular update had occured since the last i.e. 20 minutes. For non-cellular users the function could be restricted to planning only.

Tim,

I understand your reservation and accept it, but would it be possible to implement a wx overlay (not only rain) for planning purposes only?

German DWD offers Gafor information, which would suit exceptionally good for being displayed with your charts.

Best regards
Eric

Hi,

Hi there,

I'd love too have an inflight weather radar too. A possibility to avoid false expectations would be to let it disappear if the data is older than x minutes and no updates available due to the lack of internet.