motoadve Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 what settings to get icing in FSUIPC? Is icing modeled? will it make the engine loose power and the plane stall with the weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highvolt Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 In fs2002, there is no fsuipc offset that provides a boolean or something to detect icing. For setting Icing, look at the weather offsets provided in the "FSUIPC FOR PROGRAMMERS.DOC". But flightsim will only simulate icing in the right conditions. I know, if you fly in Overcast (8/8) with SEVERE ICING, and set the temperatures below 0°C, then your indicated airspeed drops to zero, due to a frozen pitot tube. Setting the pitot heat back on, prevents this. For my knowledge, there is no airframe icing that has any effect on the performance of the airplane/helicopter. In real life, one has to increase power, to overcome the extra drag. Maybe this is modeled in FS2004, i don't know. Kind Regards, Van Ertvelde Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuomas Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 In real life, one has to increase power, to overcome the extra drag. In real life, if the airframe has no de-ice equipment, one needs to increase power *AND* get the heck out of there as soon as possible.. Ice can build up really fast and it is deadly. Unfortunately I am not sure either about icing on airframe parts and performance. :? Tuomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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