ADSB Winds Aloft

[DickF]

Hi All,

Is "Winds Aloft" supported for FIS-B weather? If so, I'm not able to enable it. Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Dick

[Rob Hickman]

Currently the winds are not supported.

[nleonard]

Rob,

Any timeline for the winds aloft on the 4500?

[Rob Hickman]

We have it on the software development list, no timeline.

[brianjohnson]

What about for the 5000 series?

[Rob Hickman]

The ADS-B software is the same in the AF-4500 and AF-5000 units.

[brianjohnson]

Just FYI - the manual currently says winds aloft and lightning are available for ADS-B. This seems to be incorrect.

To enable ADS-B Weather press [MAP] -> [WX] -> [WX: FIS-B]
The various weather products can also be turned on or off on that same WX menu.
NXRD - NEXRAD Radar
LTNG - Lighting Strikes
WNDS - Winds Aloft
METAR's, TAF's, and TFR's are always on and not user selectable.

[amekler]

Brian,
I don't have ads-b on my 4500 but have been using stratus 2 with foreflight on ipad2 and winds aloft are transmitted.
Still deciding on which ads-b to go with.
Alan