Icing

[Andrey Novikov]

Yesterday I've crashed... Not the software, but the plane. After it has hit the ground simulator said that there was ice on my wings. My fault, but it happened suddenly. I was flying nicely and in next second I was falling. So I want to ask if there are any visual clues in real world that aircraft starts to ice? Or it is really so unpredictable?

[mmerelles]

5 hours ago, Andrey Novikov said:

Yesterday I've crashed... Not the software, but the plane. After it has hit the ground simulator said that there was ice on my wings. My fault, but it happened suddenly. I was flying nicely and in next second I was falling. So I want to ask if there are any visual clues in real world that aircraft starts to ice? Or it is really so unpredictable?

on real life pilots are always sacanning visually for icing formation on the wings when conditions exists.

 

on the sim there is no visual clue, but ANTICIPATION is key. Anytime you are flying <10C TAT and humidity exist (clouds, rain, snow, etc.) turn on anti-ice systems until icing conditions no longer exist.

 

Icing is extremely dangerous on real life as well because aircraft looses aerodynamics and gains weight, you are basically a piano falling from the sky. Anticipation is always key.

Edited April 5, 2017 by mmerelles

[dr_anthony]

Visual clue exist. Observe wipers.

Edited April 6, 2017 by dr_anthony

[mmerelles]

15 minutes ago, dr_anthony said:

Visual clue exist. Observe wipers.

 

yes, you are completely correct. I ve forgotten ixeg modeled an option on the preferences menu to enable ice/rain effect.

[Litjan]

AND you can output the "icing" datarefs to your screen, if you want to really know if you pick up any ice or not.

Jan

 

[Andrey Novikov]

Dataref is not realistic Thanks for wipers clue.