I have a brief question. Has precipitation drag been modeled into flight sim? I ask because I loaded up the 206 this morning for a flight from Detroit to the cabin at Houghton Lake. It's about a 130 mile flight. I loaded the sim's "heavy snows" from the weather list. I went back in after loading and decreased visibility to 10 miles and added light turbulence.I filed IFR at 4000 ft, which is still in the "heavy snow" area. After about 20 min of 115 knots IAS, trimmed out and leaned to the EGT marker, I requested 6000 which is about 1000 ft over the "heavy snow" area. It was a trick trying to hold 500 fpm and still keep 90 knots IAS at 23" map and 2400 rpm.I was just barely on top with intermittent snow and after getting it back on the step it started indicating 135 IAS. The only weight difference at this time was about 8 gallons of gas.Was the "heavy snow" the reason for the plane being such a dog while I was in it? thanks

Hi,It was the icing effect. This is modeled in the flight dynamics.Hope this helps,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6...development.jpg http://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6-banner-proud.jpg http://sales.hifisim.com/pub-download/asv6-banner-beta.jpg

Thanks, hummm...I guess I have to use a few more cans of that silicon spray on the wings.

It may have been icing effect in FS but not real world with heavy snow.Slushy rainy mixed snow maybe but the pure heavy stuff no.BTW the best way of getting a high polish on your paintwork is to fly through heavy snow, it polishes the plane beautifully :-)Also keep your eyes firmly on the instruments as the snow flakes are really blinding and disorientating.Peter