Hi,I am really enjoying ActiveSky - its really improved the whole FS experience.Two quick questions - does AS simulate carb icing in any way? Or does it simulate the build up of Ice on the aircraft?Second a techie question - how does the file system work for saving downloaded files? If you download a weather file today at say 1800 does that mean that yesterdays downlaod will be overwritten? If so can you give it a new name in any way or can you create some folders to store diferent weather files?Thanks.Keith

Someone else will have to comment on the ice, all I know is that the new FSUIPC makes it far more controllable...The filename format for saving weather is 20040116-19Z.dat or YYYYMMDD-HHz.dat - so no, no overwrites. Further, you can choose any filename you wish when saving - I often include a descriptor of the weather at my startup/home airport for when I feel like flying in a certain weather condition.Best!sg

Hi Keith,AS uses the icing features in FS04, but I am not sure what those are outside of pitot tube icing. Pretty sure that FS does not simulate the build up of ice.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Support

Thanks Guys.One slight problem - I don't seem to be able to change the filename when downloading the weather. I am using the FS02 AS version not the new AS2004 one. So can I actaully change the file names? If so how?Thanks.keith

Structural Icing I believe is modeled. I've experienced one FS2K2 model I moved to FS9 with panel conversions. Takeoff at KMSP taxieing almost the whole length or RWY12L from a gate at the opposite end, almost 8,000 feet, in liquid precipt at near surface freezing surface temps, I did not have deice on (other than pitot) on a Saab 340 heavy twin. On the take-off roll it was a little sluggish then lifted off to about 500 AGL where airspeed suddenly decreased and a wing dropped to oblivion, even with lowering the nose.I repeated the scenerio with De-Icing on for the long taxi, turned off for thr take off roll, and turned it on about 500 AGL again (where the power reduction at a shallower climbout could be tolerated better) and continued on without problem. The only difference was taxi procedures with deice on.I've also experienced the accumulation of ice on approach when descending on final through precip at near freezing temps causing me to require higher torque for final to maintain the GS. I did a go-around and turned on de-icing and the next final was much much better.Perhaps the icing effect must be built into the model.

Using wxRE, download the file, then exit out and rename it with a right mouse click. If not, then yes in 24 hours it could be written over. wxRE files are in that 24 hour naming cycle format.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Support