FSX / P3D scenery

FSX St. Helen 5m Mesh Scenery

Mount St. Helens receives sharply defined terrain relief with a 5 m mesh built from a 4.8 m high-resolution elevation model, improving slopes, crater contours, and surrounding topography for more convincing low-level VFR flying. Created by Raimondo Taburet for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, it requires an appropriate mesh setting to show full detail.

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A twin-engine aircraft flies above a large, rocky crater surrounded by rugged hills and distant forested terrain.

St. Helen 5m Mesh. A mesh file for the area of the St. Helen volcano designed using high resolution elevation model compiled on a 4.8 m. By Raimondo Taburet.

St. Helen 5m Mesh Scenery.

A mesh file for the area of the St.Helen volcano designed using high resolution elevation model compiled on a 4.8 m.

Installation:

Extract the bgl files simply into your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Addon Scenery\scenery.

Make sure you set your mesh bar in fsx scenery settings at 2m!

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Filename

hele5m.zip

File size

1.67 MB

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place scenery in Addon Scenery

Create a folder under FSX\Addon Scenery\ containing scenery and texture sub-folders.
Activate in Scenery Library

In FSX, go to Settings → Scenery Library → Add Area. Higher priority means it overrides lower entries for the same location.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

Finding the scenery

Use these coordinates to fly directly to this location once the mod is installed.

FSX / Prepar3D coordinates (or generate a flight plan)

46.19120000,-122.19530000

Decimal degrees

46.191200°, -122.195300°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

46° 11' 28.320" N 122° 11' 43.080" W

Launch FSX or Prepar3D and use Flights → Load to open the downloaded .pln file. Your aircraft will be positioned at this location.

What’s inside this archive

The archive hele5m.zip has 5 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
Image1.jpg	07.03.08	206.81 kB
helen_5m.bgl	07.03.08	1.77 MB
READ.txt	07.03.08	502 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B