Scighera FSX: 2013

2013/08/27

Neuschwanstein for FSX

Download : not yet available (and don't know if ever will be :) )

I started modelling the crazy castle of Neuschwanstein some a couple of years ago, for Flightgear.
One year ago I switched to FSX, and Neuschwanstein remained sleeping in the computer, uncompleted.

Neuschwanstein for Flight Simulator (as of Nov 22 2011)

I was frightened by the complexity of this model, and never tried to convert it from FG to FSX ...
But few days ago I said ..."Why not to try !"

This is the first result:

Nueschwanstein in FSX (as of Aug 23, 2013)

Who knows ? May be I will go on ...

2013/08/26

LILO Caiolo (Sondrio)

Download: 1st Release Sept. 2013

So, few days ago I started with this small still efficient airfield, located in Valtellina, near the area capital, Sondrio.

It seems there are here and there traces and footprints of an earlier Caiolo Scenario, done at least for FS9 ... but definitely I wasn't able to find a scenario for FSX; so I couldn't miss this airport :)

LILO Caiolo, as of August 26. 2013

LILO Caiolo, as of Sept 11th, 2013: working on the Club House :)

LILO Caiolo, as of Sept 11th, 2013: exiting the hangar

LILO Caiolo, as of Sept 15th, 2013: eventually we got the Fire truck ;) !

LILO Caiolo: the Refueling Stn (Sept 26th, 2013)

2013/05/31

LILV Valbrembo

Download: LILV - Valbrembo-130618.zip

Valbrembo LILV was the first airport I made for Flightgear...

Eventually I started also to model it for FSX ...

Here the Clubhouse (as of May 31st 2013)

LILV Valbrembo: the Clubhouse (as of May 31st, 2013)

LILV Valbrembo: the Glassfaser Italiana Aircrafts Maintenance facility (as of May 31st, 2013)

LILV Valbrembo: the aproon with the hangars (as of May 31st, 2013)

June 7th 2013

The works on LILV Valbrembo are ongoing ...

LILV Valbrembo: the Club House, as of June 7th, 2013

LILV Valbrembo - Please note the kart Fire Extinguisher :)

Jume 18th, 2013

I think that the download will be available shortly ... ;)

The fuel station

The Club House

The "Control Tower" ;)

The "Glasfaser Italiana" workshops

2013/05/07

IVAO Switzerland Tour 2013

Downloads:
LSTR - Montricher. 2nd release (Aug2013)
~~1st release (May 2013)~~

LSTB - Bellechasse. 1st release (May 2013)

LSPL - Langenthal 1st release (August 2013)

LSGB -Bex - 1st release (July 2013)

I'm a newbie on IVAO, and I started flying on it, naturally, with short VFR flights; I discovered also the IVAO Tours, so I began the Italy Tour 2013 and the Switzerland Tour 2013 (you know ... I'm a motorbiker settled in Northern Italy, and mainly I ride on the Alps, "sewing" the borders across Italy, Austria, Germay, Switzerland and France.

But just at the second leg of the CH Tour I noticed I should have had to land in a small airfield not included in the default airports of FSX.

So I made it right on the spot, using ADE and a couple of building included in the default FSX library ... on early august 2013 I had the opportunity to visit Lausanne ... and paid a visit to Montricher Airfield, as well: made a lot of pictures ... and remade the FSX scenario :) (The completely revised LSTR has been issued on Aug 19th, 2013)

The revised LSTR Montiricher has been released on Aug 19th 2013

LSTR Montiricher has been remodelled in August 2013

LSTR Montricher (as of May 2013, superseded)

The following leg happens to have the same problem, in Bellechasse: I found out on internet the missing airport ... very well done ! But it isn't a freeware, and definitely I cannot afford to spend some 25 Euro for each tour's leg :)
So, again, I made it, but this time with custom made buildings :)

LSTB Bellechasse (CH, VD) as of may 2013

Later on, the same problem with Langenthal LSPL: it doesn't exist in the default airports of FSX; so, again, ... built it !

LSPL Langenthal

And again FSX default airports do not include Bex LSG: for this airport I had the opportunity to visit it and to shot a number of pic's !!

LSGB Bex, as of June 19th, 2013

LSGB Bex, as of June 25th, 2013

LSGB Bex as of Jul 15th, 2013

LSGB Bex as of late Jul 15th 2013: added an "AI" Pilatus PC6 bearing tha tail n° HB-FLI

2013/04/10

VFR Significant Points

I understand this "VFR Significant Points" are those which the ATC normally requires to be reported; associated with this "VFR Significants Points" there are also the "VFR entrance/exit Points", at the borders of the "Approach Air Spaces" and the VFR Holding Points.

Abstract from Italian VFR Cruising Chart: VFR Significant Point (violet triangles); VFR Entrance/Exit Points (blue); VFR Hoding Points (red)

Well, I'm a newbe on IVAO, and recently I flew the first leg of the Italian VFR Tour 2013; this was very simple for me: the leg was entirely within the Alps, which I know quite well, thanks to my extensive motorbike touring on them ....

Few days after I faced the VFR Tour second leg, which is almost overflying the Po River plains and ... flying in MS SFX I found extremely difficult to spot the "VFR Significant Points" !!!!

I thought that these points are defined because they should be "significant", which I suppose it means that in the real life they are easily recognized !!!

So I thought it should be nice to have something peculiar to be placed in FSX at these "VFR Significant Points" ... so I began to add few landmaarks:

Bergamo CTR
Trezzo d'Adda Entry/Exit Point: I noted a Power Plant, there !!!

Bergamo CTR
Alzano Lombardo Entry/Exit Point:
The small Power Plant in the picture below isn't actually located in Alzano Lombardo, rather it is located in Villa di Serio, just on the opposite Serio River bank !! Indeed there is a small Power Plant in Alzano Lombardo, but I started modeling the one in Villa di Serio becuase it was built by Franco Tosi, a Company for which I worked for 14 years :)

The Italcementi Power Plant of Villa di Serio: the Alzano Lombardo Significant Point is just on the other Serio River bank

Piacenza CTR
Pieve Porto Morone Significant Point
I really do not understand why they have selected this absolutely unsignificant village on the Po River north bank ..... but exactly in front of it, on the Po River south bank .... a Power Plant, again:

The Combined Cycle Power Plant of Castel San Giovanni

2013/02/04

LIQL - Aeroporto Lucca Tassignano/Capannori

Download:
First Issue: Release Feb. 19th 2013

And here a small, cute airport, the ones I like .... started just today on request of a friend living close to this airport: he is taking picturse to help in building it !

February 16th, 2013

I think the airport is almost ready, and it will available for download in few days ... ok, ok this kind of jobs are never finished, but ... you know :)