Aerosoft Kastellorizo X Operating Instructions

FSDG – Kastellorizo X

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FSDG – Kastellorizo X

CONTENTS

Contents..........................................................................................................2

Introduction..................................................................................................... 3

Copyright........................................................................................................ 4

Credits............................................................................................................ 4

System Requirements....................................................................................... 4

Installation...................................................................................................... 5

Support........................................................................................................... 5

General........................................................................................................... 6

Airport............................................................................................................ 7

Airport information............................................................................................8

Ro and Stroggili................................................................................................ 8

Sound Effects................................................................................................... 8

AI Aircraft and Ships......................................................................................... 9

Free Flights.................................................................................................... 10

FSX settings................................................................................................... 10

F.A.Q............................................................................................................. 12

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FSDG – Kastellorizo X

INTRODUCTION

Kastello-what? Of all the beautiful Greek islands in the Mediterranean, Kastellorizo
sure isn't among the most popular. While we know Rhodes, Crete, Kos and others as
popular tourist destinations, the small island of Kastellorizo is known only to very few.
It might have to do with its small size – less than 6km in length – and it sure has to
do with its remoteness: Kastellorizo is the easternmost corner of Greece, further away
from Athens than any other part of the country. The Turkish coast, on the other hand,
is a mere 2,000 meters away from the island, so friendship and neighborhood
between Greece and Turkey are at no other place better than here.

Now what makes Kastellorizo interesting for FlightSim pilots? The answer is of course:
its airport! With most of the island consisting of rough dryland and only a very small
area around the harbor inhabited, it's a miracle that this island is able to host an
airfield. Visitors used to arrive by boat or, if they could afford it, via waterplane. With
rising tourist numbers and the need for quick emergency operations, it was necessary
to build an airport though. Using the force of dynamite, it was possible to create a
small strip – less than 900 meters long – on the highland that should work as an
airport. The runway and terminal were finished in 1986 and is since then operated by
Olympic Air with a daily link between Rhodes and the island.

The small airport, the thrilling approach, the small border between a good landing and
a catastrophe, they make this a special destination for every pilot. That is why we
decided to recreate the island and its airport in FSX. But we knew from the beginning,
this scenery would only work if we included the whole island in the addon to render
Kastellorizo as realistic as possible in Flight Simulator. To achieve that, we had to find
new ways of creating scenery and terrain, so that the rough mountains, the unique
airport and the dense village scene could be recreated as realistic as they are now.
Every house in the village, the town hall, school, churches, hotels, bars, chapels,
military installations and much more were modeled after their real archetypes. The
shape of the whole island was modeled manually to fit the real profile much better
than any SRTM data could achieve.

But we decided, we couldn't stop there. So we added realistic 3D lights, ultra realistic
airport ground textures, animated ships and lots of sound effects to give the FS pilot a
feeling of the real island. You can learn more about those features later in this
manual.

Eventually, we had to stop ourselves from modeling interiors of restaurants, animated
clock towers and even crazier ideas, so that we could finally release this scenery for
you to use. It is a scenery, very close to our hearts, not only because we spent a lot
of time on it, but because this place is one of the most beautiful and romantic
locations in the whole Mediterranean!

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FSDG – Kastellorizo X

COPYRIGHT

This manual and the software shall not be copied or shared in any way without the
explicit permission of FSDG or its developers.

Copyright © 2013 FlightSim Development Group. All rights reserved.

Microsoft Windows, and Flight Simulator are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other Countries. All trademarks and
brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners.

For more information visit www.flightsimdevelopmentgroup.com.

CREDITS

Idea & Concept: FSDG

Models & Textures: Emilios Gemenetzidis, Thorsten Reichert

Installer: Aerosoft

Testing: A big thank you to our beta testers, who helped making a

good product even better!

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 CPU (Core 2 Quad advised)

• 2 GB RAM

• Direct X 9 compatible Graphics Card with 512 MB or higher

• Microsoft FSX (SP2 or Acceleration) or Prepar3D

• Windows XP, Windows VISTA, Windows 7, Windows 8

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