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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: bcm652 on December 13, 2019, 07:58:39 pm

Title: De-icing
Post by: bcm652 on December 13, 2019, 07:58:39 pm

What time of the year is de-icing offered by GSX for MFS-X. Just asking..

Title: Re: De-icing
Post by: RFarmah on December 13, 2019, 10:12:46 pm

As far I have seen, GSX offers De-icing based off of the temperature of the airport or current location. I have done flights between Doha and France, and have been offered the de-icing option in Paris. I also use MSFSX

Title: Re: De-icing
Post by: bcm652 on December 14, 2019, 01:42:55 am

I wonder about that, my favorite Canadian Airport stays the same temperature all year round since MFSX stopped using Real World Weather from the internet. GSW must use month of the year as a reference for de-icing.

Title: Re: De-icing
Post by: RFarmah on December 14, 2019, 06:09:06 am

I too used to use real world weather, but have since had to go through and preset the weather at the normal routes I fly. From what I've seen, setting temperatures at or around freezing (Paris and Toronto @ 30°F), have resulted in the message for de-ice being prompted. However, when I go to Doha and Sydney (80°F), this message does not occur. So I'm thinking it's temperature based, but it definitely could be using time/seasons as well.

Title: Re: De-icing
Post by: bcm652 on December 14, 2019, 06:47:48 am

I will try your method and see what it does for me.