Originally Posted by
fosters
I agree with your analysis that he is using it wrong but even your way of using it is incorrect. Well not incorrect, it will keep you alive but the return won't be accurate, it will overpaint weather. You will go around things you don't need to go around.
yes you dont want to over paint either. i guess i could explain a little more. once you start to paint a cell and you see it leaving the ground clutter and moving towards the plane then you can adjust the tilt up and see exactly how high it is. but then again if i am flying into memphis and all i see are a bunch of magenta blobs i will leave the radar where it is at and fly around them. i am really not interested in seeing which ones i dont need to go around. and we have had a lot of magenta blobs lately down here.
and for your bonus question i am going to say go to the mfd menu, select airports, and then if there is an airport where you are painting red then its probably ground clutter or a city.