I think MSFS Team could add St. Elmo’s Fire effect when flying through a specific area in a storm. Would be interesting.
Then why is this under Bug and Issue if this is a wishlist?
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I agree this would be a cool effect, but to put it in perspective this is something many pilots may never see in their entire career. It’s a little frivolous in my opinion just due to the mounds of other items that desperately need to be “fixed” , but I agree. It would be amazing to have a chance to see such phenomenon.
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This may be something that eventually certain aircraft will add. On P3D right now there are a couple of airliners that have St. Elmo’s Fire simulated.
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i didn’t find the wishlist option
i hope they add it, that’s something incredible
yeah, maybe when all bugs in msfs are fixed, the fs team can put it on work, depending on community opinion.
Seen it quite a few times when it manifests like one of those old plasma balls you found at the science museum on the windshield… it is pretty cool to watch.
Certainly not particularly common, but I’d be surprised if anyone that flies IFR went their entire career without seeing it given that over the last 12 years or so I’ve probably seen it 5 or 6 times at a guess.
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Yea, well maybe that is in the context of a Canadian pilot. Idk I’m not a pilot myself, but I asked a buddy one time who was and thats what he told me, so where do you fly to have seen it 5 to 6 times? Not doubting your claim, just naturally curious.
Just to be clear I didn’t say 5-6 times a year, I said over the past 12 years I’ve seen it 5-6 times - somewhat different maths! That works out to maybe once every 2 years on average.
I fly all over Europe, occasionally just ever so slightly delve into Africa (Egypt and Morroco) and about as far east as Israel.
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You answered before my edit saved haha…yes I re-read it after.
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Well , either way I sure would love to see some. If not real then make beleive will suffice. 
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It would be a neat addition one day
You made me scroll through my videos to see when I last saw it, October 2019 - I’ve just uploaded the video here for you if you’re interested:
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Of course i’m interested! Thanks for sharing this.
Certainly not that uncommon, every commercial pilot would have seen this effect more than once in their careers for sure. Doesn’t even have to be related to thunderstorm activity. I once had st Elmo’s fire for the full duration of the flight in dry air during snow showers.
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Jet pilots will see it. It’s quite amazing when you do.
Turboprop also, seen many times on all kinds of props.
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Honestly, I haven’t seen it. Either in real life or even in the FSLabs A319 that has it simulated in Prepar3D. Shame. It would be cool to catch.
