cloudchaser5, my own experiance, and those of my coleages, is that the b222 takes the ice really well. Flying in the artic, we pick it up from time to time(not intensionaly, offcourse), never experianced any trouble with vibrations and such, even when it's on the hub and blades, but as Aesir points out it get's anoying when you windshield is covered with ice..