Animated Cable Car 'Saentis' Switzerland
Let me present you one of the most famous aerial cable cars in Switzerland. It is near to the one I have already designed before (see "Hoher Kasten"). Due to the exposed Saentis summit with its impressive building including a radio tower it is easily found by VFR planes and helicopters.
Extract from Wikipedia (modified):
"At 2502 metres above sea level, Saentis is the highest mountain in the Alpstein massif of northeastern Switzerland. The mountain is a highly visible landmark thanks to its exposed position. Saentis is among the most prominent summits in the Alps. The panorama is spectacular. Six countries can be seen if the weather allows: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, France, and Italy. The aerial cable car "Luftseilbahn Schwaegalp-Saentis" is one of the most frequented cable cars in Switzerland. It has a total length of 2307 meters. The altitude gain between Schwaegalp and the Saentis summit is 1123 meters. The journey takes roughly 8 minutes. "
Due to the very kind support of the Technical Director and the architect of the stations, but also some estimations based on many fotos I could realise a simulation quite close to reality. The operation is performed continuoulsy, with 1 min stays in the stations. Departure and arrival are done with adapted speed control. Wheel groups follow the ropes. To get the scenery, just download "umy-lsbsaentis.zip" and extract it to your community folder.
To ease access to the valley station I have created a separate virtual heliport with ICAO code "LSSA" (LS for Switzerland, SA for Schwaegalp). To get it selectable at MSFS start just download also "umy-lssa-heliport.zip" and extract it into your community folder.
The scene is compatible with the "project-lifts" from mamu82. To see 3D people around the buildings please download also
https://flightsim.to/file/5452/dave-s-3d-people-library
And now enjoy the rides along the line and around the summit. If you like my work, please leave a comment.
By the way: whenever you have the chance to visit the real Saentis, take it! A lot of information, pictures and videos are available on the internet with the search term "Säntis" resp. "Saentis".
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Update 1.1
The last MSFS update to SU7 allows now to modify resp. delete powerlines. So I put this and some other improvments into effect:
- removal of the unrealistic powerlines along the cable car track
- smooth edges on radoms (antenna coverages) and radio tower, some color adaption
- introduction of night lighting for stations, radio tower and cabins
- correction of some wrong cabin walls to nontransparent
- added some people waiting in the summit station
The radio tower lights (beacons) are not yet visible at far distances, being a problem of MSFS itself. Therefore we all hope for a better solution from Asobo. It is now a quite complex scenery. If you find substantial errors please let me know.
Just download and extract the "umy-lsbsaentis.zip" to your community folder. The heliport hasn't changed.
I hope you enjoy the wonderful sunsets on Saentis as I do :-) .
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Update 1.2
Compatibility to "we love VFR". The Antenna tower is not duplicated any more.
Just download and extract the "umy-lsbsaentis.zip" to your community folder. The heliport hasn't changed.
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Update 1.3
Revised compatibility to "we love VFR". The Antenna tower is not duplicated any more. Color changes.
Just download and extract the "umy-lsbsaentis.zip" to your community folder. The heliport hasn't changed.
10 days ago
Snoopy7412
4 months ago
Scania_500
Excellent scenery, I made a video, to highlight your attention to detail, and great craftsmanship, keep up the great work, thanks,,https://youtu.be/GPQDESpXp4I
11 months ago
Thank you very much for your nice comment and the video. Never saw the scenery with snow, really nice. Instead of landing on the uneven top of the mountain you may try to land on the eastern building roof resp. terraces. They are made solid for that purpose.
11 months ago
Alpinflier
smoothflyer
What is the ICOA, of the Heliport?
11 months ago
As written above: "LSSA" (LS for Switzerland, SA for Schwaegalp)
11 months ago
Alpinflier
smoothflyer
Perfekt!!!
1 years ago
Julianmsfs2020
It looks great! Thank you!
2 years ago
kapazunder33
Thank you for your excellent scenery addon. here is 5 minutes video I made and posted on youtube. https://youtu.be/ZGlUjj6-zBA
Any chance of doing the same for Cervinia and its Giomein area to Zermat by cable cars acros the Matterhorn great scenery. I for one would buy such a product.
2 years ago
1heliflyer
Any chance that the issue with the "we love VFR" antenna gets fixed anytime? I still see doubled antennas on top of the Säntis...
2 years ago
The problem should be solved now. Please use version 1.3, because version 1.2 did not contain the corrected file.
2 years ago
Alpinflier
AnkH
Absolut Genial!! Ich bin begeistert. Das hat meine Erwartungen aufs Schärfste übertroffen! 😀 Weiter so! Die Krönung wäre jetzt noch, wenn man eine Kameraposition hätte, mit der man in der Bahn mitfahren könnte... Seilbahnsimulator im Flugsimulator sozusagen!
2 years ago
Ja klar, das würde mir auch gefallen. Aber die Kabine mit dem Heli zu begleiten macht doch auch grossen Spass und entspricht noch eher einem Flugsimulator . 😉
2 years ago
Alpinflier
bluegolf24
„Hammer“, really great this mountain. Only missing cablecar in Alpstein is now „Staubern“. Staubern is the first electric cablecar in the word. The design is in form of a nut. I‘m looking forward to see this special cablecar in the sim. Thank you very much for this fantastic mod.
2 years ago
Thank you very much for your comment. Another noticeable cable car in this area is Ebenalp. The problem: for a flight simulator only installations with bigger cabins (e.g. 50 passengers upwards) are really attractive. Smaller ones are hardly seen from air.
2 years ago
Alpinflier
helitom13
An absolutely successful and very beautiful work, thank you very much, this was long on my wish list! Here is a little sightseeing flight from this afternoon with live weather: https://youtu.be/yRZpTFTCMko
Eine absolut gelungene und sehr schöne Arbeit, vielen Dank, das war lange auf meiner Wunschliste! Hier ein kleiner Rundflug von heute Nachmittag mit Live-Wetter: https://youtu.be/yRZpTFTCMko
2 years ago
Gerne geschehen, und Dir besten Dank für das schöne, informative Video. Die Landung am Schluss inklusive Kommentar aus der Alphütte... einfach köstlich 😄
2 years ago
Alpinflier
kelarius
For me, the LSSA heliport is not compatible with SU7. Crash on approach. But very nice work.
2 years ago
I just made a check flight and landed on LSSA without any problems. Did you try several landings, all crashing? Are there others with the same problem? IMHO the heliport is compatible with SU7.
2 years ago
Alpinflier
Pilatus
Herzlichen Dank für diese tolle Arbeit. Ich finde leider die Zip Datei mit dem Heliport nicht. LSSA
2 years ago
Wenn Du Download 1.0 drückst, bekommst Du zwei zip-Dateien angezeigt. Die zweite ist der Heliport. Ich trenne das absichtlich von der Hauptszenerie, weil vielleicht nicht alle einen virtuellen Heliport haben wollen.
2 years ago
Alpinflier
Spidi
Love it 😊
2 years ago
Tomaso_Facchetti
Thank you for this great work. This landmark was missing a lot before.
2 years ago
Bruchpilot80