A perspective re the stormscope and WSI effectiveness in a
LIVP. My advice based on a lot of frustration of getting these to work in my
IVP – don’t waste your money. The stormscope is marginal. Lots of
interference from anything electrical in the plane like servos, strobes, etc.
it works just well enough to keep you out of trouble. This is after careful
skin mapping and placement of the antenna. The wsi is a huge disappointment. Works
only as long as no shadow longer than 5 seconds the basically bombs out. I
guess the announced sirrius arrangement is to address the deficiency. I wish
lancair avionics had been more helpful when the equipment was speced to avoid these
issues. Buyer beware.