I understand all of the plane is affected by the ice. I set out on a mission to fly around the world in the Beech G36 taking a northerly route. It has buttons that are inoperative to engage deicing. My mission was to See the world, not just fly high and execute waypoints on a flight plan. The TBM 930 has working Deice, but not the G36.
That said I cannot wait for good weather as I am helping my wife take care of her mother (almost 97 in a hospital bed in our home for almost two years). I can only fly when I get the chance. Sure, I can set up the weather to be nice, warm and cozy, but if I were in upper Norway right now this instant - what would the real weather be...
So, I have worked hard (read my threads) on how to at least turn on some of the De-Icing capability and then turn the Icing failures in the Options menu to just visual only so it does not affect the plane. I can live with that, at least I would be seeing the world on a lower altitude and not super buzzing past anything that looks interesting.
So, for now, I am going to use the TBM 930 and wait for either Microsoft to fix the issues or see if a 3rd party plane becomes available with decent speed, good views out the windshield and working deicing functionality.
I'm not a pilot, don't intend to be one. I just want to fly around the world and see it. I did it once already recreating Amelia's flight in XPlane. The visuals are so much better in MSFS. I just changed it to a more northerly route this time.
If anyone has found a working solution, I would love to hear from you as would others in other forums I am following/participating on this topic.
Blessings - Kittster