Finally, another thing you might consider with the 310 is to avoid flying it into icing conditions.
I remember having read something of a treatise appended to an ice gauge I downloaded some time ago. This treatise went on and on about how messed up is the ice simulation under FS. The gist of it was that to simulate ice, FS only increments dynamically the planes weight in flight, instead of having any effect on how the flight surfaces work, which is quite entertaining, if you think to M$ greatest bombast:
As Real As It Gets.
To worsen and already bad situation, under FS it's almost impossible to say if and when you are in an icing layer. Sure, using ActiveSky form V6.5 upward you KNOW that it gives you a high probability of icing in clouds (
AND, for experience I can say, sometimes even clear air icing, but then, this happens in real life too, so no complaints here)... BUT, you MUST be using this add-on. If you use the haphazardly put together inbuilt online weather system of FS, you can never say.
For sure, if you enter in a icing situation with your plane under FS, differently from real life, you only have your plane struggle to keep speed and altitude and never risk the very probable loss of control of the real counterparts (
unless you allow your plane to reach stall conditions... and even then, this is badly simulated in the greatest majority of planes, under FS).
The speediest way to get rid of the excess weight the wretched icing simulation of FS beleaguers us all with, in absence of anti-ice systems, is to lose altitude. FAST. If you use ActiveSky 6.5 or better, stay away from clouds even if outside temperatures do not seem low enough for ice (
consider it a trap and treat it accordingly). If you're still flogging yourself raw with the inbuilt weather system... be very aware of your flight and when you start losing speed and struggling to stay afloat, take icing countermeasures.
There is no such a thing as overkill. Only unworthy targets.
