News and Events

This Weeks Featured Model:
de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver V9.50
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Check out the latest review that SimHQ did on us.
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Latest Highlights

Otter Getting Upgraded to Version 9.41
Check out our Projects page for ongoing information on the Otter upgrade.
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Shade Tree Micro Aviation gets an overhaul
The Shade Tree Micro Aviation website recently got a huge overhaul. We hope you like the changes. Any problems or questions, email the webmaster.

Partners

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
STMA is creating a series of aircraft owned by the Alaska Heritage Museum. These X-Plane models will be flown by visitors on their custom built simulators.



FlyThisSim
STMA is proud to partner with FlyThisSim. Check out their awesome avionics packages.



AlphaTrainer
Shade Tree Micro Aviation is proud to support Alpha Trainer. This plugin helps train proper flight dynamics. If you are interest in learning more about Alphe Trainer, click on the link or picture below and you will be redirected to their website.

Our Plugins
STMA Plugins include HangarOps and Alpha Trainer.

ChaseViewDeluxe
Whether on the ramp or in flight, ChaseViewDeluxe is a great tool for examining the finely detailed exteriors of your Shade Tree Micro Aviation aircraft. Move your mouse to pan a nearly complete spherical view around your aircraft. Zoom in close with your mouse scroll wheel to see intricate suspension details or pull way back and watch your aircraft fly through the clouds.


Discover how ChaseViewDeluxe is the ideal camera platform for movie making. ChaseViewDeluxe includes steady camera and smooth zoom features adjustable from the pull down menu.

Those who enjoy flying from an exterior view can instantly switch between mouse controlled chase view, centered chase view, and your choice of 2D or 3D views. ChaseViewDeluxe also displays a simple HUD providing basic cockpit information needed to safely fly aircraft onto a runway.

ChaseViewDeluxe is super for flying online with friends making it possible to view your flight from an exterior view. Step out of your aircraft and enjoy watching your formation flights!

ChaseViewDeluxe can also be used to examine interior details. ChaseViewDeluxe works with all aircraft!

HangarOps
HangarOps combines remote control opening and closing of 100 KeyCoded hangar doors, with PushBack and TurnAround features. HangarOps can be controlled from Shade Tree Micro Aviation's remote control, X-Plane's pull down plugins menu, or keyboard and joystick buttons. The HangarOps download comes complete with 3 animated hangars and instructions for customizing and installing the hangars at the airport of your choice.


On installation, HangarOps creates a custom DataRef:

STMA/Scenery/HangarDoorPosition[0/99]

Use this DataRef for animating your own custom AC3D or Blender hangar creations.

NOTE: All Shade Tree Micro Aviation V9 aircraft will include a custom hangar door remote control on the aircraft panel.

Alpha Trainer
Shade Tree Micro Aviation is proud to support Alpha Trainer. This plugin helps train proper flight dynamics. If you are interest in learning more about Alphe Trainer, click on the link or picture above and you will be redirected to their website.


Shade Tree Micro Aviation is proud to support Alpha Trainer. This plugin helps train proper flight dynamics. If you are interest in learning more about Alphe Trainer, click on the link or picture above and you will be redirected to their website.

By simply reducing an airplane's angle of attack from red to green could save many lives; "From Red to Green is our Dream!" The AlphaTrainer instructional devices are simple products designed to teach a complex issue: the magic of flight. They were designed and patented to allow users to illustrate how an airplane flies, how a wing produces lift-but most importantly-how the pilot perceives the results of their own control. At the core of AlphaTrainer is the concept of angle of attack, and how a pilot controls lift by changing this angle. Ultimately, understanding angle of attack is crucial to avoiding stalls and spins.

Aviat Husky
Thanks for the great conversion of the Aviat Husky, it is the best aircraft release that i know for X-Plane! The model and the cockpit are very well made and it flies fantastic.

Greetings from Germany
Lars
Aviat Husky
I just got around to checking out your Husky and it's simply a beautiful model. X-Plane designers have come a long way since I first starting toying around back in V6. This model is worth every last cent! Thank you for your work, and providing several different models to boot!

Jason Baker
Aviat Husky
Excellent models Jim. They all fly like the real ones on my custom HOTAS and pedals. You guys did a great job. I am posting some exterior images over favorite spots I downloaded with G2_XPL overlay manager to the Husky owners website.

T Denning
Thank You!
Thanks for all of the timely updates and for taking your time out to make a modification like this to help those out who were unhappy with the reflections. I love them myself but you RARELY see anyone give you the best of both worlds.

Keep up the good work and with these speedy recent updates you have a customer for life in me! :)

Trenton Ray
Glass Objects
Hi Peter and Jim, just wanted to let you know that the new glass object works PERFECTLY! I no longer have the tearing like before and everything is great.

Thank you so much for making the extra effort to fix it. This is one of my favorite planes and it's great to have it working properly.

And Peter, keep up the great work on those liveries! They're really beautiful and add a lot to the plane.

Cheers and thanks again,
Matt
HangarOps
Everything is working well. I have just programmed some keyboard commands as you suggested and boy is this easy and fun to do. Sure makes parking a lot easier. ( wanders off into dream-- wonder if I can do something similar to help park the car in the driveway ..... )

Cheers
John Pugh
Super Cub
I can't say enough good things about this plane. I have a private pilot license and a flew a 1946, 90 hp, Piper Cub, 30 years ago and this model seems to be so true to my memories of that flying experience. Well done! I love the 3-D cockpit and the way that I can switch viewing angles so quickly and easily, almost like the real deal. I also logged quite a few hours in a Cessna 182, so after the Cub, I also bought the Skylane model. I know is slightly older model, but still another great plane.

Keep up the good work.

Best Regards
Thomas Buckman