aaronwhite Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 I wasn't sure if it was still in development, but I was flying around in my test mission today, and it's -4C with no real precipitation or anything. Anyhow, flying around for a bit, I get the "use rotor ice" message, so I kick the anti-ice system on, with the lights above the HUD confirming as much, but then later in the flight I still end up suffering engine power loss to the point that full collective and cranking the throttles to max still wasn't enough to keep the helicopter in the air. I had previously been hovering just fine, with a fuel load that's probably around 40% by the time I get into the combat area. Has anyone else experienced this, or am I just missing something in my startup process?
Schlomo1933 Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 Me too. Anti icing has no effect. But if you run out of power, raising the collective to full will decrease the engine rpm even more. you need to watch the rpm that they don’t go below 85% 2
aaronwhite Posted February 20, 2023 Author Posted February 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Schlomo1933 said: Me too. Anti icing has no effect. But if you run out of power, raising the collective to full will decrease the engine rpm even more. you need to watch the rpm that they don’t go below 85% Yeah, it was a bit of a "panic" moment, since I was about to start my day and was turning to just do a quick rocket run into a spot I knew had AAA nearby, so I was just going to do a rocket run and hope for the best. I just noticed I was slowly losing power and figured the thing might be icing up, but wasn't sure. I guessed it might be like the Mi-24, where Early Access had some icing issues, but wanted to check and see that I just didn't completely mess up the anti-icing.
Flappie Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) Please attach a track showing engine icing with de-icing on. Edited February 25, 2023 by Flappie 1 ---
aaronwhite Posted March 6, 2023 Author Posted March 6, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 11:26 AM, Flappie said: Please attach a track showing engine icing with de-icing on. Hey, Flappie, I'll mess around with it tonight and make sure. I'll create a quick mission with below freezing temps and set a stable hover with the icing systems on and without just to make sure. Do you know if active precipitation is needed? I didn't have any precipitation in my mission I was throwing together from what I remember, but it's possible I had some light fog setup in the ME.
Flappie Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, aaronwhite said: Do you know if active precipitation is needed? I didn't have any precipitation in my mission I was throwing together from what I remember, but it's possible I had some light fog setup in the ME. I don't think so .The last time it happened to me in a mission, it was in Nevada and there was no precipitation. But it was a long time ago. 1 ---
aaronwhite Posted March 7, 2023 Author Posted March 7, 2023 I'll test it out tonight and report back. Thankfully, it's easy enough with the auto-hover to just park the BS and see what happens.
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