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I’m flying through winter wonderland and I noticed strong ice building up on the side and front windows. I activated heating and de-icing, but the ice does not go away. Is there something I’m missing? It does look quite nice though
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flying from EDSB to EDDS with live weather in current chill conditions
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I went into some heavy icing conditions as well. Made sure I had plenty of fluid, turned it on, made sure the deice was on max, pressed the wind shld rocker repeatedly, and there was still no sign of ice displacement. I’ll be testing some more.
I did get a warning message to exit icing conditions, so maybe it knows when you’re in over your head!
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This mostly works even if the plane itself doesn’t have a particular system (i.e., structural de-ice corresponds to airframe de-ice). It’s a hack, but allowed by the gameplay.
Getting down to warmer altitude helps too. If you read the FIKI supplement for the G6, there are WX conditions that can absolutely overwhelm your icing controls freezing rain for example. I happened to test it in those using a SoFly preset, and yes, you don’t want to remain in there for long.
I flew it in FMC just the other day, and got icing worse than in your photo. I turned on the deicing and nothing seemed to happen at first, then it abruptly cleared. Not exactly realistic, but maybe you didn’t wait long enough?
And this is what a white knuckle ILS looks like when you’re testing the anti-ice capability! If one more annunciator light came on, it was probably going to say “good bye”.
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Clarification - are you saying that side window heat is not modeled at present, or that both side window and front window heat is not modeled?
I notice that the window heat push button in the icing controls is active, that made me think that they had modeled window heat (at least on the front)?
Has anyone found a thread that compiles the summary of the extent of TKS anti-icing capabilities that are modeled, and the degree to which they work on the SR22T? That would be highly valuable information for many of us starting to experiment with that system.
I think all the icing system is broken on the SR22.
I’ve done a test just now : the pitot is not icing at all, even with the pitot heater OFF in icing conditions (-10°C in clouds, ice on the wings and windshield).
And the wings and windshield are not deicing, even with the system ON. Lost of performances, and I used all my TKS fluid without being able to deice anything…
Mine iced up last night without me noticing. I noticed the IAS was far too high (I’d been watching the ground speed as I was doing an RNAV approach) after my descent and turned the pitot heat on, and after a few seconds it shot down to the correct speed.
It’s not strange if the pitot’s iced up, in fact it’s to be expected. It was my fault, I just hadn’t been watching it. For the record, IAS was 250, GS was half that. As soon as I realised, I turned the heat on.
That would be expected if your static ports are blocked by ice, and the pitot tube is free.
While descending, the static pressure would remain constant, but the static component of the total pressure would increase, increasing the indicated airspeed.
You have a limited amount of TKS fluid aboard, so that gives you incentive to not stay in icing conditions. Only the front windshield is handled by TKS. See the Working Title Discord SR22T Channel. They have a Pinned Post to the Cirrus official manuals, where there is a TKS supplement.
How to avoid icing of windows - Well don’t fly into known icing conditions in the first place. Icing is a big threat in real world especially for light aeroplanes as majority of them are not equipped to deal with severe icing conditions. It is best practice when flying small pistons to avoid clouds/visible moisture at high altitudes or when temp is around freezing. All you need is ice formation on wings and critical surfaces and the next thing you know - you are in the next episode of air crash investigation. Of course these are real world implications, however same philosophy can be applied in the sim.
Let me tell you of my experience of flying through icing in sim, I was flying A2A comanche the other day at 9000ft over sea and flew through layer of cloud and temperature was below freezing, Ice started to form on windows, windscreen and leading edge of wings as well as around engine intake and vertical tail fin. I was away from my PC while the aeroplane flew through cloud on autopilot. When I returned I noticed my airspeed decreased significantly and was approaching stalling speed. Engine was having hard time maintaining power as well I was noticing rough running of the engine. I immediately disconnected autopilot and descended to lower altitude where after some time I regained my performance however I made a diversion to nearest airfield.
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