FAMET Los Rodeos (GCXM) is the Spanish Army Helicopter Forces base located next to Los Rodeos airport in the north of Tenerife and it´s the helicopter base for operations in the Canary Islands. This base is currently not existing in game. It´s the homebase of BHELMA VI squadrons operating the last AB-212 helicopters still existing in the Spanish Army. Los Rodeos Army base, which is next to FAMET heliport, also holds the UME emergency units that provide support for rescue and firefighting tasks in the islands.
NOTE: addon does not modify the civil airport to make it compatible with third party addons. It has it´s own real ICAO and tower freqs and assets are not connected to the civil airport structure. Additionally an exclusion rectangle has been included to delete any possible content created by other mods. This exclusion is limited to the military heliport area only.
Complete features list of the addon is the following:
* Accurate representation of heliport and Army base layout and their key areas, including the helicopter boneyard and vehicles circuit, workshops and preserved monument in the apron.
* Complete apron area featuring the FATO extension, the additional hangar, all parking positions, sloped terrain and apron following the real base terrain elevation.
* Main hangar with the control tower building included on it.
* Open hangar with parking position inside. Doors are closed automatically at dusk.
* FATO, TLOF and apron lights. Heliport does not have PAPI as the one from the civil airport is used for aproaches. Taxiway lights and signs also added to ease ground movements.
* Basic 3D assets such as windsock, VOR and antennas added to nearby default civil airport area to add the missing assets or replace the ones wrongly generated as generic buildings by game.
* Fuel box and ground services included to take advantage of all game features. In real base they just use a fuel truck.
* Multiple small details added such as static helicopters, marshallers, working crews and decoration.
Airport does not include any custom approach, as most operations are visual or are supported by nearby Tenerife VOR/NDB. You can find the official charts here: https://aip.enaire.es/AIP/#GCXM
The addon requires official game content from several airport addons. Therefore you need to install the World Updates and the 40th anniversary content as well.
Forum support topic: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/freeware-famet-los-rodeos-gcxm/590427
Pure Quality! How about to upgrade Asobo LPMA ?
1 years ago
Thanks for the comment. No plans to mess around with civil airports, sorry. There are addons for them too
1 years ago
geloxo
Greazer
1 years ago
Viper
anybody making Espana air force helo liveries?
1 years ago
10 months ago
danimartin_9
jvortiz56
Muchisisimas gracias por este nuevo aporte de FAMET. Saludos desde Panamá.
P.D. No se porque razón el escenario aparece hundido como 7 metros con respecto al aeropuerto. No uso ninguna topografía de las canarias solo la del simulador.
1 years ago
De nada. Espero que os guste. Es una base sencilla pero está en una zona muy buena para volar en helicóptero
1 years ago
geloxo
Tarval