"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:xlQRb.44403$U%5.236284@attbi_s03...
Yeah, we kept the WACs on board when using the Trip Ticks, just in case.

My "tick" is, I really don't like WACs, especially if I wind
up flying VFR under a layer.

Didn't need 'em, though. We never went off the maps, even when diverting
around icing (on our way back from Sun N Fun last year) -- those maps are
pretty wide. You musta diverted pretty far!

I would say the opposite. You must not have diverted far at all,
if you stayed on the triptiks. My CFI went off the triptik I made for
him (IFR low-alt's, which are more like WACs in scale) with a modest
diversion around afternoon heating thunderstorms near coastal
GA. I've had the same experience with Aeroplanner triptik
sectionals -- just a modest diversion to land short of our planned
fuel stop and a bit south of the route took us off the chart, and
a modest ATC rerouting when we took off again under IFR kept us off.

But yes, to avoid wx systems we sometimes do replan our flights in
a significant way. Fly from Baltimore to St. Louis via W. Va
instead of via OH and that kind of thing.

If I recall correctly, coming back from Sun n Fun you guys weren't
too happy about the wx -- I seem to recall you thought you were
pushing it, wound up in lower ceilings/vis than you like and picking
up icing and Mary wasn't sure she wanted to do the trip again?
Excuse me if I'm remembering incorrectly. My only point being
sometimes rerouting with a broader scale is helpful with
that sort of thing (and of course sometimes not).

Cheers,
Sydney