tADEUS73

It works exactly like in all other planes (both custom and default). It's enough to descend around 5 minutes through cold moisture/clouds/fog on the approach to build up ice, gradually lose lift and crash. It's all visible when you enable the ice output details in the options. The Saab works here like any other plane since Laminar introduced the new ice mechanics. Even my Cessna 310 works like this. In the last stage you are also losing stability to the sides. Planes that have de-icing systems most of the time simply reset the wing-ice value when activating them and everything works again. If you are lucky and the temperature is much higher the lower you are there is a possibility to lose some ice and you can see the values getting lower - exactly like in other planes. For now I will probably report it as bug (have tested it a second time). Luckily there is a workaround. You can assign a key to wing de-ice and it works this way (although being a little bit cheaty, cause it works even in planes that don't have wing de-ice.

What? I'm not sure I understand how the text matches my problem Doesn't it simply list there are conditions when you might turn it off? I did study the manual. It should work and does work in other planes. This wasn't some crazy polar expedition, the screens were from a landing in Calgary with weather exactly as it is now and the airport isn't closed and planes land there all the time Either I don't know how to turn it on correctly or it isn't working since 1.30. I really don't believe normal winter conditions should change a popular small airliner into a death trap like this. EDIT: Sorry did somehow omit one part of your post. - the visual icing on the boots is an integral part of the Saab. I didn't add anything

That would be really strange. I have some other planes which weren't updated after 1.30 and the wing de-icing there works without any problems (the values are reduced to zero and you don't lose lift and die :>). Maybe it works if the custom plane had no custom icing mechanic but the update messed it up if they were more complicated? Any ideas? I'm not sure how I'm supposed to use it safely in winter if the wing anti-ice isn't working. The icing after 11.30 is really aggressive. A 4 minutes descent is enough to kill you (in other planes too).

Guys, Has somebody used this plane lately in freezing conditions? I do a lot of deliveries in the mountains with the real weather (which is winter now :>) and often have to deal with them. I'm just activating the icing output monitor to check if everything is working in a new plane. And in all of them wing de-ice works without a problem, the value of the wing ice just disappears after activating the right system. But I seem to be too stupid to activate wing anti-ice correctly in the Saab? I have also tried the manual black buttons and the ONE CYCLE setting, the numbers don't even move.