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FSX Boeing F4B-4

Boeing F4B-4 brings the US Navy’s last fixed-gear biplane fighter to life in FSX, finished as VF-3 aboard USS Ranger (CV-4). Expect smooth animations, an operating tail hook, and a photo-inspired 2D panel plus virtual cockpit with working instruments and animated controls, using crisp DDS textures.

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Boeing F4B-4. The Boeing F4B-4 was the last fixed gear biplane fighter in the US Navy inventory. This model is painted for Squadron VF-3 assigned to the USS Ranger CV-4. It was designed in FSDS v3.51 and compiled with Xtomdl into FSX SP2. The textures are .dds format. It has the usual animations plus an operating tail hook. The 2D panel and VC are based on a photo and the VC has operating instruments plus animated flight controls. By Paul Clawson.

Screenshot of Boeing F4B-4 in flight.

Screenshot of Boeing F4B-4 in flight.

I did not include them in this upload, but this model works very well when equiped with the rcbco-30 catapult and arrestor gear gauges. It's logical home base will be my upcoming USS Ranger, CV-4.

INSTALLATION: Unzip F4Bfx.zip into a temporary folder. Copy the file Boeing F4B-4 into the Airplanes folder of FSX. Open the gauges folder and copy the Lockheed_Vega.cab file into the gauges folder of FSX. Don't open it as it is a self extracting file. A thumbnail is included in the texture file so it will show with a picture in the Aircraft Selection list.

Enjoy! Paul Clawson

Screenshot of Boeing F4B-4 in flight.

Screenshot of Boeing F4B-4 in flight.

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f4bfx.zip
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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D aircraft

  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. Copy aircraft files into SimObjects

    Place the aircraft folder inside FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\. The folder must contain an aircraft.cfg file. Effects go into FSX\Effects\; gauges go into FSX\Gauges\.

  3. Verify in FSX

    Launch FSX, go to Free Flight → Select Aircraft and find your new aircraft under its manufacturer.

  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 f4bfx.zip has 31 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory File Date File Size
Boeing F4B-404.04.080 B
Aircraft.cfg04.03.089.04 kB
F4B-4.air09.05.049.21 kB
model04.04.080 B
F4B-4.mdl04.05.08380.91 kB
F4B-4_Interior.mdl04.05.08233.02 kB
Model.cfg04.05.0849 B
panel04.04.080 B
4Bpanel.bmp03.26.083.00 MB
panel.bmp03.29.083.75 MB
panel.cfg04.04.082.73 kB
Thumbs.db03.29.0813.00 kB
sound04.04.080 B
Sound.cfg03.10.0847 B
texture04.05.080 B
F4B_1.bmp03.27.081.00 MB
F4B_1.dds04.05.081.00 MB
F4B_2.bmp03.26.081.00 MB
F4B_2.dds04.05.081.00 MB
prop_F4B.bmp06.07.0764.07 kB
prop_F4B.dds04.05.0864.12 kB
thumbnail.jpg04.04.0815.10 kB
Thumbs.db04.04.0824.50 kB
F4B-4.jpg04.03.0888.20 kB
File_id.diz04.05.08462 B
gauges04.04.080 B
Lockheed_Vega.cab06.12.03415.28 kB
Readme.txt04.05.081.62 kB
F4Bfx04.05.080 B
flyawaysimulation.txt10.29.13959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url01.22.1652 B

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  1. GBJim

    ( Just to clarify, you might add this to my above statement. ) >>>

    For example, when you apply right aileron, the right aileron should go up. On your model, the right aileron goes down. The left side of course also goes in the wrong direction.

    I assume that you can easily correct this. I really like the aircraft.

    Jim

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  2. GBJim

    Fly's well but ailerons are reversed.

    Jim

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