Noob-questions regarding icing...
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Two questions about winter, icing, and Starship:
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Yesterday, while parked in extremely cold and icy conditions, I noticed that the gross weight in the EFB (tablet) slowly increased (without me doing anything). Is this a bug, or can you actually observe live how the aircraft becomes heavier and heavier due to ice accumulation?
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After starting the engines, both engines ran at “flight idle” significantly below 1,000 RPM (much less than usual). This was so extreme that the low-pitch test no longer worked, and I had to manually increase the power levers quite a bit to reach more than 1,000 RPM and to perform the test. Are the effects of extreme cold really that severe? (I am a complete novice when it comes to turboprop engines, so I apologize if this is a silly question.)
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Hello,
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I had the same on the TFDi MD-11. And I believe that if the aircraft is coded a certain way using MSFS's icing model and loading, you will notice the ice weight on your payload manager. On the MD-11 you will see the extra weight on the FMC's payload page as a higher gross weight than the sum of your airplane weight and fuel weight.
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This one I am not sure about. All I can think of is that maybe your intakes were clogged with and ice/or your inertial separators were closed. Leading to engines being chocked for air.
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