Just a curious question about my flight.

[stocz2]

Hello everyone,

Just a curious question.
I flying on FSX, with REX2 loaded.
Im flying my Beachcraft F33. Filed my flight plan. It was a 143nm flight. 4500' for my alltitude, and flying a northern heading. I had 3 passengers on
board. Flying vor to vor.
The first 30 miles or so, i had some cloud coverage about 5000', Then i noticed some darker clouds, with lightning in the distance. Was on my
heading of 005, and before i flew into the thunderstorm turbulance hit me. My passengers adrenalin drop to 21%,(scared by turbulance). The
thunderstorms last for about 60 to 70 nms. I kept flying the same course, and altitude. I finally got out of the storm. Then 3 miles out from touchdown i
hit some more turbulance and heavy rain. I landed safely. Received a perfect score of 320.
Will flying through the storm, or before i got to the storm, what if anything could i have or should have done to make the flight more comfortable for
my passengers?

Thanks,
stocz2

[poden]

You can't make them more comfortable; when turbulence hits its something the pilot can't control. When the turbulence hits, be sure to have them
buckle their seatbelts.

[stocz2]

I was thinking if this happens again, maybe i should request a higher altitude to try to fly over the storm. And not through it.

stocz2

[Joeflyer]

Well, that depends on the tops of the storms and the performance of the airplane you use. With the F33, there's a very high chance that you aren't
going to get above a CB....if the wx generator you use depicts a CB fairly accurately. Perhaps you should consider diverting around the CB...depending
on how big it is of course.