FSX / P3D Repaint

FSX Howard 500 Prop Textures

Howard 500 prop textures correct the blurred, incorrect prop disc display when the classic HW5VC4 aircraft runs in Microsoft Flight Simulator X SP2, delivering a cleaner in-flight look and more convincing motion. Designed for the Howard 500 with virtual cockpit by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Joáo Paz, this set replaces key texture files and includes a selection thumbnail.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D
Repaint — base model required

Howard 500 Prop Textures. Replacement prop texture for an FSX installation of the Howard 500 with VC for FS2004 by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Joao Paz (HW5VC4.ZIP). By Chuck Lawsen.

Howard 500 in flight.

Howard 500 in flight.

Replacement prop texture for an FSX installation of the excellent Howard 500 with VC for FS2004 by Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and Joáo Paz.

The FS2004 original file can be found at various sites as “hw5vc4.zip”. It operates well in FSX SP2, but the prop texture doesn’t appear correctly in FSX (see screenshot).

Installation:
Extract the “hw5vc4” files to a temporary folder, install the Effects folder in the FSX main folder, then open the Aircraft folder and install “hw5vc4” folder into SimObjects>Airplanes. Now extract/install my two texture files into the texture folder of “hw5vc4”, when asked do you want to overwrite click yes. I’ve included a thumbnail so it will show when selecting this aircraft to fly.

Note: I've tested this texture set using the entry above and all displayed and operated normally on my PC. Use at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any harm to your PC or files claimed due to their use.

That’s it, you’re good to go!

Regards,

Chuck Lawsen

Before/after image of new textures.

Before/after image of new textures.

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howard_fsx.zip
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268.28 KB
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Requires dependencies

This file is a repaint — the package below is the base model it paints onto. Install it first, or the textures will have nothing to load onto.

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D Repaint

  1. 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.

  2. Add livery to base aircraft folder

    Place the texture folder (typically texture.{airline}) inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\{base-aircraft}\.

  3. Update aircraft.cfg

    Open the base aircraft.cfg in Notepad. Add a new [fltsim.X] section per the readme.

  4. 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.
Still stuck? The readme included with the file is the authoritative source for this specific mod. Visit our Flight School tutorials or ask in our Q&A forum.

What’s inside this archive

The archive howard_fsx.zip has 8 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
BeforeAfter.jpg11.25.09185.22 kB
readme.txt11.26.091.00 kB
texture11.26.090 B
spinprop.bmp11.19.09256.07 kB
thumbnail.jpg11.19.0953.93 kB
howard_fsx11.26.090 B
flyawaysimulation.txt10.29.13959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url01.22.1652 B

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  1. Tony Holden

    unfortunately couldn't get it work successfully , in the texture folder only 1 texture and jpg file was expecting 2 texture files, lovely aircraft though, using FSX steam edition with windows Vista

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