Pentrating Towering Cumulus Clouds

I am still a new instrument pilot and do not have the experience of most
of the group. However, I am coming up with a rule of thumb that I would
like to see what you think. These towering cumulus clouds - to me if
they seem much taller than they are wide I try to stay away. If they
seem wider than they are tall, I seem to get through them with some
bouncing around. Each one is a judgement call. I was heading to one that
went way on up and had a anvil. I took a 30 mile trip around it. I
stayed out from under the anvil also.

What do you think of my rule of thumb?

Maule Driver wrote:

Fascinating discussion. Someone versed in learning theory could
probably put what seems obvious here - reading about it only imparts
some unverified, unvalidated knowledge. Poking your nose in it
completes the package.

Re-reading the entire post suggests to me that the original poster was
asking for some insight to all the stuff he has read to date. Despite
all the various opinions and guidelines - there is still no definitive
procedure for when one may safely penetrate a Cu and when one should
not. In the end, you have to start poking your nose in a few and
calibrate what you've read. Or you can simply *never* fly in one (at
least not knowingly - see embedded)and limit your flying to visual
reference or stratus-only (is there a rating for that?)

As one poster pointed out, training doesn't require any actual. Without
it, a lot of the weather training leaves one pretty ignorant about a lot
of weather.

Interestingly, this particular thread provides the so-called 'ignorant'
with perhaps more insight than can be gained from any training manual.

Def: "Weather Ignorant" he/she who has yet to poke one's probiscus in
weather that one's common sense had decided to avoid like plague in future.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP