Modified Files:
radar_misc.rgb Log Message:
Add support for a storm blib
Excellent.
As far as I know, civilian airliners carry radar that is capable only of detecting weather, not small things like aircraft. They also use a separate radar system for ground separation (the radar altimeter). For traffic, they use TCAS, which is equivalent to secondary surveillance radar (i.e. it detects other planes only if their transponders are on, and does not pick up primary targets).
I'm sure that some of the very newest airliners can integrate all of this information into a single multifunction display, but for most of the existing fleet, I don't know if traffic and weather would appear on the same display or not. Can anyone chime in with concrete information?
I'm sure that military combat aircraft must have radar with primary traffic capability, since the enemy is sometimes too inconsiderate to turn on the transponder.
All the best,
David
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