This is an improved repackage of the Flight Replicas B-24 Liberator conversion. The files were originally converted from FSX/P3D to native 2020 format, but the original upload did not work with MSFS 2024. A different team has worked on this "Repack" edition to ensure it is compatible with both MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024.

This package is a fully standalone aircraft; it does not require the original files.

This update is being posted with permission of Flight Replicas. Thank you to FR for allowing this aircraft to be enjoyed for free!

Highlights and ongoing improvements

Since the original release, the aircraft has received numerous incremental improvements across visuals, systems, sounds and flight dynamics, including:

• Greatly expanded clickable cockpit functionality

  • Master Battery, Alternator, Magnetos, Booster Pumps, Turbo, Starter Switches, Nav Lights, Pitot Heat, Landing Lights, Instrument Panel Lights , Avionics Master, Parking Brake, Cowl Flaps, Bomb Bay, Sun Shades

• New and improved flight model with ongoing performance tuning
• Enhanced engine and fuel system logic, including booster pumps, priming, starter behaviour, mixture detents, and cooling management
• More realistic engine start procedure. The flow adapted from the B24 POH is:

  • Enable booster pump

  • Hold PRIMER switch for 2-5s. Overpriming can be cleared by opening the throttle and waiting (check status in tooltip)
  • Hold ACCEL switch for approx 12s (until starter reaches 12000 RPM). IMPORTANT: Read the labels on the switches - they are not arranged as you may expect!
  • Mixure AUTO-LEAN.
  • Flick the MESH switch to crank the engine. Again note the switch labels carefully!
  • Note that CTRL+E can also be used as a shortcut to quick start the engines.
• Optional Turbocharger simulation. Use the cockpit EFB to switch between:

  • SIMPLE TURBO: Use throttle levers to control manifold pressure. Additional boost above ambient barometric pressure is handled by standard MSFS turbo code. No need to use the Turbo levers (B-24D) or Dial (B-24J)

  • COMPLEX TURBO: Use throttle levers AND turbo controls to set manifold pressure. The throttle levers alone will only provide manifold pressure up to the ambient barometric pressure. You will need to use turbo controls to reach operational MP in most conditions.
• Fully reworked engine and cockpit sounds

  • Entirely new engine sounds using samples from the freeware "P&W R-1830 Turbo-Supercharged Radial Sounds" hosted on Simviation.com, Posted May 19, 2013 16:58 by Kelly McKernan"

• Cockpit EFB

  • Operational bomb bay (can also be toggled with key bind "TOGGLE TAIL HOOK HANDLE")

  • Toggle waist gunners and ball turret (J only)
  • Engine status
  • Basic autopilot
  • Copilot visibility
• Visual upgrades to exterior normal maps and some cockpit textures, animations, lighting, and effects
• Improved startup, shutdown, and auto-start logic
• Mesh lights added to the model
• Additional camera views, checklists, and quality-of-life refinements
• Cockpit vibrations for immersion
• Startup smoke
• Contrails
• Prop feather functionality
• Cockpit side windows can be opened/closed
• Cockpit and instrument lighting
• Bomb drop animation can be toggled "TOGGLE FUEL DUMP" key bind or LVar "L:B24_Bombs_Drop"
• Detailed Flight Manual. A PDF copy is included in the aircraft Docs folder, or an always up-to-date web version can be found here.

These updates have been developed collaboratively by the community. The core team is SeeRyFly, FlakNine and jjbz but we've had valuable contributions and permissions from FlightFizzix (flight model), zzGhost4 + Delta Simulations (EFB), ftl818 (flight model + cooling), Goffers2024 (sound tweaks) and lmenes (allowed reuse of Duckworks DC-3 code and logic). 

This is a community project developed by amateurs in our free time and offered for free; we are striving to do this iconic aircraft justice, but do not expect payware quality. If you wish to help make the aircraft better, please do so. We would be happy to incorporate future improvements.

👉 Full version-by-version changes can be found in the dedicated Changelog section.

Known Issues

• Some cockpit switches are not clickable
• Spawning on runway at very high altitude airfields may result in engines NOT immediately running. They should start up automatically if you wait a while. We are investigating the root cause of this issue but not been able to solve it yet.

Local Variables (LVars)

The mixture levers use custom lvars for the auto-rich, auto-lean logic. This should all work with standard in-sim control mapping, but for those who want them, please refer to the Flight Manual - a PDF copy is in the aircraft Docs folder, or you can find an always up-to-date version here.

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B-24 Liberator Repack (Flight Replicas FSX-Native Conversion)

This add-on features an improved repackage of the Flight Replicas B-24 Liberator, adapted for use in both MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024. The standalone aircraft does not require any original files and includes several new cockpit functionalities, such as clickable controls for throttles and flaps. Additional updates involve enhanced exterior normal maps, while known issues with controls and flight model accuracy are acknowledged. This community-driven project is offered at no cost, inviting contributions for future improvements.

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