Mind the ice - recommended tweak
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Icing has been broken in MSFS for a long time. This is in reference to the aerodynamic impact, not the visual aspect of it. As of current SU14 beta , it will only add ice weight and will not impact drag or AoA as it should ( it did so the past forgotten ). Just updated today the same findings in this MSFS forums post ( https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/regression-icing-has-no-aerodynamic-impact/581787/7?u=marinaratrain42 )
If you're into total realism and the excitement of icy conditions, the only solution I could find is to raise the icing factor. This requires editing the flight_model.cfg and adding an icing_scalar value of 10.0 to the [FLIGHT_TUNING] section.
Value of 1.0 is the default and with this factor, the added ice weight is minuscule. My suggestion is to keep it at 10 or even 20 to surely cause you mind turning on de-icing :)