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I beats me why all aircraft would not have forward downward facing radar to give a readout of approaching terrain.
by basicplus2 7y ago
I beats me why all aircraft would not have forward downward facing radar to give a readout of approaching terrain.
- o-__-o 7y agoCost is a big factor. Costs to buy the avionics. Costs to get the avionics fit into your probably already full instrument cluster. Costs to troubleshoot during your annuals... Then there’s the I don’t need it because I use foreflight. Or because they regularly fly a jumbo jet that has TCAS already installed.
- chopin 7y agoTCAS doesn't help with terrain it's designed to avoid collisions with other planes. GPWS or its equivalents does this.