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Yesterday Shade Tree Micro Aviation released the latest version of their Husky A-1A model for X-Plane (version 9.41). If you are not familiar with X-Plane it is a $29 flight simulation program that drives a lot of FAA-certified simulations in the GA market. Where you go from the basic package is entirely up to you, but it can get very good with careful attention to add-ons and controls.
I reviewed the initial model and started working with the designers to get the aircraft to fly more accurately. In the process I invested about 10 flight hours and 15 simulation hours doing the comparisons. The new model flies very well and STMA did a lot of upgrading of the visuals.
It is fun to fly with a wheel mouse, but a stick, throttle, and rudder set up is really the way to get immersive realism. During this project I did a lot of freeware upgrading to to X-Plane, added a head movement tracker, and pulled in scenery from Google Maps to fly around the Rockies, Zion NP, my farm, my brother's flying club in NC, and my brother in law's farm - all places I fly in the real bird.
The package comes with wheels, BWs, Floats, Skis, and a Bush version with a belly pod. There are 6 or 7 paint schemes to apply so you can get it close to yours and even put your tail number on the panel.
Simulations being what they are and marketing to a young and heavily European category, there are some things in the package that are not quite exactly how the Husky works (like a flap indicator on the panel and switchable VOR/ADF instrument). Still, if you like piddling with flight simulators, you now have a Husky worthy of spending some time with.
For complete disclosure about this project, I make no percentage. I just wanted to have a good model to do development with for part of the research work I do.
The white Husky picture is taken over Google imagery and terrain mesh NE of Bryce Canyon at a place called Aquarius Ridge in the Dixie National Forest. That shows what can be done with X-Plane scenery to make it more realistic. The flight control picture shows a HOTAS stick with a custom modified carriage and Hall Effect sensors to make it very precise and feel like a Husky and/or Helo. The pedals shown are custom made by me to give the feel of a Husky or Helo. I built the rudders and modified the stick a few years back when my son had the hots for helo flight.
With this set up, slips, XW practice, and flying the bubble are all possible in X-Plane. The XW slip picture is set up for a 13 KT direct XW which in the situation is the demonstrated XW of the Husky.
Go here: http://www.shadetreemicro.com/ for more info on the Husky model. OR you can purchase it from the home page of X-Plane - www.X-Plane.org
I reviewed the initial model and started working with the designers to get the aircraft to fly more accurately. In the process I invested about 10 flight hours and 15 simulation hours doing the comparisons. The new model flies very well and STMA did a lot of upgrading of the visuals.
It is fun to fly with a wheel mouse, but a stick, throttle, and rudder set up is really the way to get immersive realism. During this project I did a lot of freeware upgrading to to X-Plane, added a head movement tracker, and pulled in scenery from Google Maps to fly around the Rockies, Zion NP, my farm, my brother's flying club in NC, and my brother in law's farm - all places I fly in the real bird.
The package comes with wheels, BWs, Floats, Skis, and a Bush version with a belly pod. There are 6 or 7 paint schemes to apply so you can get it close to yours and even put your tail number on the panel.
Simulations being what they are and marketing to a young and heavily European category, there are some things in the package that are not quite exactly how the Husky works (like a flap indicator on the panel and switchable VOR/ADF instrument). Still, if you like piddling with flight simulators, you now have a Husky worthy of spending some time with.
For complete disclosure about this project, I make no percentage. I just wanted to have a good model to do development with for part of the research work I do.
The white Husky picture is taken over Google imagery and terrain mesh NE of Bryce Canyon at a place called Aquarius Ridge in the Dixie National Forest. That shows what can be done with X-Plane scenery to make it more realistic. The flight control picture shows a HOTAS stick with a custom modified carriage and Hall Effect sensors to make it very precise and feel like a Husky and/or Helo. The pedals shown are custom made by me to give the feel of a Husky or Helo. I built the rudders and modified the stick a few years back when my son had the hots for helo flight.
With this set up, slips, XW practice, and flying the bubble are all possible in X-Plane. The XW slip picture is set up for a 13 KT direct XW which in the situation is the demonstrated XW of the Husky.
Go here: http://www.shadetreemicro.com/ for more info on the Husky model. OR you can purchase it from the home page of X-Plane - www.X-Plane.org
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