How to Deviate around Weather | Safe IFR Flying

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[@JustSayN2O]

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[@flightinsight9111]

congrats!

[@RoscoeMcGillicuddy]

Simply fantastic as always. Great work, and thank you!

[@codydowney9494]

Great video. You definitely want to deviate to the upwind side. No anvil, no hail, no windshear, and no turbulence. That’s how we deviate in turbine aircraft every day, and the same applies to small aircraft. Downwind just puts you in the rough air and downdrafts from the storm and in most cases, in the direction of movement.

[@jameneto]

Spectacular explanation!! Thank you very much, and keep up the good work! I really appreciate it

[@cdeggz]

Excellent videos

[@kevindavis8175]

I saw a video from 74Gear where he said that if the bad weather is cumulonimbus clouds, the phraseology to request a deviation is “Cessna 4FT, request left turn 340 for Charlie-Bravos.”

[@aquaticllamas28]

Seems unnecessary

[@paragbatavia]

Great video… but if the goal is to avoid the cell by 20 miles, is deviating 6 miles to the left enough? Looks like you’d skirt the edge of a 10 mile wide cell that way.

[@bryanchobot929]

Reupload? 👀

[@WestAirAviation]

If on a checkride and I deviate on a parallel track, how do I determine the new MEA, MCA, etc?

[@Saml01]

Look at the plate for the OROCA.

[@WestAirAviation]

@@Saml01 Gotcha. Often times the OROCA is far higher than the MEA, so it sounds like it could be easy to box yourself into a hole if you fly in mountainous terrain with a 172 and have WX ahead. Really good to consider, I guess, for the planning phase before you ever leave the ground.