FS2004 Ansaldo S.V.A.-5 (V.01)
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One of the faster airplane of WWI thanks to an innovative design, the S.V.A. was the first airplane conceived and built entirely in Italy.
The initials "S.V.A." stand for the names of Savoia and Verduzio, the two engineers that designed it, and of Ansaldo, the firm that built over 2000 of them starting from 1917. The Ansaldo S.V.A. was an entire family of Italian reconnaissance biplane aircraft of World War I and the decade after. Originally conceived as a fighter, the S.V.A. was found inadequate for that role. Nevertheless, its impressive speed, range and operational ceiling made it an excellent reconnaissance aircraft and even light bomber.
The S.V.A. became legendary among pilots for some of its memorable flights; first, above all, the one over Vienna: this flight was an epic action performed by Italian poet and nationalist patriot Gabriele D'Annunzio on 9th August 1918. After the war, thanks to the strong determination of Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero( the pilots), two S.V.A.9s (the two seater version of the S.V.A.-5) flew for 18000Km from Rome to Tokyo (14th February / 31st May 1920). Another S.V.A., piloted by Antonio Locatelli, first flew alone across the Andes (30th July 1919). Production of the aircraft continued well after the war, with the final examples delivered in 1928. In 1919 some S.V.A.s were used in airmail routes by "Gruppo Sperimentale Comunicazioni Aeree", a group formed by the Italian Army in order to prove the feasibility of commercial air services. The Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force, since 1923) employed the S.V.A. in operational units in Italy and North Africa (Lybia) as well as for pilot training. Many war-surplus planes were employed by commercial flying schools.
Complete aircraft, 5 Different Hi-Res GMax models (5 different versions, three S.V.A.-5 and two S.V.A.-9), features the usual moving parts, such as all flight controls. Five different liveries (three WWI and two post-war). VC and 2D Panel. Models, panels and paints by Manuele Villa, Flight dynamics, Handling notes and tutorials by FSAviator.
September 2008. Installation instructions included.
1) Unzip the file 'sva5_v01.ZIP' to a temporary folder.
2) Copy / move the contents of the 'Aircraft' folder ('Ansaldo SVA-5 MVG' folder) into your FS9 "Aircraft" (or 'Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes') folder.
3) Copy all the bitmaps contained in the 'common_textures' folder in all the texture folders.
4) Copy / move the contents of the 'Gauges' and 'Effects' folders to the FS9/FSX "Gauges" and 'Effects' folders
5) You're done. Good luck flying the Ansaldo SVA-5!
1 - The sounds are aliased to the default FS9 Curtiss Jenny ones, but I suggest to you to use for the S.V.A.-5 the sounds from the WONDERFUL Pfalz DIII A by Stuart Green & James Banks.
You can find and download the Pfalz and all the Stuart's aircraft at his website (http://www.domicilium.com/peveril/hangar/hangar.htm).
BUT there is a problem with the Pfalz's sounds in order to better simulate the sound of the SVA SPA engine.
The real clattering WW1 engine sounds are being masked by a recording of a large powerful WW2 engine running at high power within a file misnamed wind.wav. The real clattering WW1 sounds emerge only when the fake wind.wav is removed. This aircraft needs a wind.wav with a loud wind noise in it; not a loud engine noise; so that the wind is audible at all speeds.
Download and install the SG Pfalz sound folder and then overwrite with sound files and cfg file provided in the folder named 'Correct Sounds'.
They are freeware and have been around for years so I have no idea what 1999 and 2003 freeware releases they are from.
2 - This plane was developed for FS9, but it works either in FSX, with only little problems to the fuel system (the pumps, valves and fuel gauge in the VC). Tested without problems on 4 different platforms (FS9/FSX Windows XP & FS9/FSX Windows Vista).
3 - Instruments are in metric units.
4 - The working way of the throttle is peculiar to the Italian built aircrafts of the time, that is the movement is reversed, with the idle full forward and the max full backwards.
Original GMAX models by Manuele Villa (MVG3D).
2D Panels by Manuele Villa (MVG3D).
VC and animations by Manuele Villa (MVG3D).
Original textures by Manuele Villa (MVG3D).
Paintkit by Manuele Villa (MVG3D)
Flight dynamics by FSAviator.
Handling notes and tutorials by FSAviator.
Aircraft descriptions and history by FSAviator and Manuele Villa.
Prop textures by Bob Rivera.
Gauges: many of the Italian gauges in this panel were created from scratch or radically modified from freeware items by Manuele Villa, other gauges are from Stefano Meneghini (PCMENEG) and Hauke Keitel (KeDI).
SPECIAL THANKS:
To FSAviator, Mr.S.Meneghini and to my Greek friend Mr.N.Daskalakis for their precious help.
Very special thanks to ALL the Sim-Outhouse members for their support and suggestions.
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