May 25, 20197 yr Hello Everyone, I'm currently in the process of relocating from San Diego, CA to San Antonio, TX, and have for the most part had always based my FSX aircraft out of Palomar (KCRQ) located in San Diego County. Does anyone know of, or have good quality scenery for KSAT? As I typically flew corporate class turbo-props and business jets (LJ23 and a new Phenom 100) on VATSIM; I'm specifically looking for freeware or payware KSAT scenery with a nicely detailed GA FBO (Signature Flight, Millionaire, etc.) ramp. King Sceneries KSAT seems to be the best thing going at this time; though the reviews on it are a bit "spotty". Thanks in Advance, BP Update: I purchased the King Sceneries KSAT and it's pretty nasty (what would one expect for $12.00).. I did install Ray Smith's KSAT and it is a step up from default FSX. Edited May 26, 20197 yr by Bimmerpilot
May 26, 20197 yr Believe this freeware KSAT is by skilled developer Ray Smith.https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/8616/fsx-san-antonio-international-airport-scenery/ This one by King Sceneries is payware and available on a number of sites. The second link below is to a review of the King product and includes some images comparing it to default KSAT.https://www.pcaviator.com/store/product.php?productid=20984 https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?16861-Review-Kings-Sceneries-San-Antonio-KSAT Then this is a third KSAT that appears to be under development:https://fselite.net/previews/sxairportdesign-previews-san-antonio-international-ksat/ Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 26, 20197 yr Author Thanks Frank! SXAirportDesign's KSAT appears to be just the ticket I'm looking for, now I get to wait for the release (I'm still waiting MILVIZ's MU-2 😉 ). Thanks again!
May 26, 20197 yr Only times I was at KSAT was when I arrived, and later when I left USAF basic training at Lackland AFB in 1970. August, 1970! Hope you travel on business or career. If so I recommend out of town travel in the month of August! LOL! Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 26, 20197 yr The SX product seems pretty nice. Only thing, unless not pictured, is a few of the large Maintenance hangers located near the tower are painted a bright orange/red IRL. They are pretty noticeable on approach. I modeled them from Google Earth for personal use when I used FSX. but they don't seem to show up on P3D. Probably my learning curve. I use the Ray Smith scenery which was updated by a gentlemen who placed it and some other airports here on AVSIM for P3D use. It is pretty decent overall. I live here in SAT, and yes - get out of town as much as you can in July and August!
May 31, 20197 yr Commercial Member That last offering looks really nice. Also living in San Diego, I would think such a move to San Antonio would be quite a change... best of luck on your relocation. Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
June 1, 20197 yr It's all what you make of it. Lived there for a while. Great city, food, people, cost of living, sports, culture, and more. It does get hot in the summer, but it only snows once every [who knows how long]. I would live there again. Glad the SXAirportDesign guys are working on KSAT. dv Win 10 Pro || i7-8700K || 32GB || ASUS Z370-P MB || NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11Gb || 2 960 PRO 1TB, 840 EVO My Files in the AVSIM Library
June 1, 20197 yr Moderator On 5/25/2019 at 10:12 PM, fppilot said: If so I recommend out of town travel in the month of August! LOL! I live in Dallas and have had to go down their a few times in June, July and August and it was absolutely horrible. Dallas is no bargain either, but San Antonio, Houston and any other south Texas gulf areas in the warm months are the worst in my opinion. Frankly, even without the heat, I didn’t care much for San Antonio at all, seemed kind of dirty to me. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
February 19, 20206 yr Author Thanks for ALL of the responses! (I didn't have Notify me of replies checked therefore I missed them. Thank you everyone! We rolled into San Antonio on July 1st and signed our 1-year lease for a nice home.. Having been stationed in Connecticut while in the USN; I'm MORE than familiar with "wind chill", "heat index" was a new one on me!!! One of the things that I find interesting and disappointing about SA is a lack of GA traffic in the air at any given time. I see a fair amount of military aircraft C something, T-6 II's, and Talons, and on occasission an F-16 or F-15 "goofing off" with their afterburner.. 5-months to go on our lease, and our company has already cleared us to relocate to Las Vegas.. VIVA KLAS! 😉 Edited February 19, 20206 yr by Bimmerpilot
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