diff --git a/src/blackcore/simulator.cpp b/src/blackcore/simulator.cpp
index 2de19d206..c1aecd681 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/simulator.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/simulator.cpp
@@ -652,6 +652,9 @@ namespace BlackCore
         m_simulatorInternals.setSimulatorName(this->getSimulatorName());
         m_simulatorInternals.setSwiftPluginName(this->getSimulatorPluginInfo().toQString());
 
+        // model changed
+        connect(this, &ISimulator::ownAircraftModelChanged, this, &ISimulator::onOwnModelChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+
         // info
         CLogMessage(this).info("Initialized simulator driver: '%1'") <<
                 (this->getSimulatorInfo().isUnspecified() ?
@@ -1026,6 +1029,12 @@ namespace BlackCore
         if (limited) { m_statsUpdateAircraftLimited++; }
     }
 
+    void ISimulator::onOwnModelChanged(const CAircraftModel &newModel)
+    {
+        Q_UNUSED(newModel);
+        // can be overridden
+    }
+
     QString ISimulator::latestLoggedDataFormatted(const CCallsign &cs) const
     {
         const SituationLog s = m_interpolationLogger.getLastSituationLog(cs);
diff --git a/src/blackcore/simulator.h b/src/blackcore/simulator.h
index f467062ea..bc5c6e316 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/simulator.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/simulator.h
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! Update stats and flags
         void finishUpdateRemoteAircraftAndSetStatistics(qint64 startTime, bool limited = false);
 
+        //! Own model has been changed
+        virtual void onOwnModelChanged(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModel &newModel);
+
         //! Lookup against DB data
         static BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModel reverseLookupModel(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModel &model);
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
index 1d42d17d7..6abdd0684 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/simulatorcomponent.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             if (!sGui || sGui->isShuttingDown() || !sGui->getIContextSimulator()) { return; }
             const CSimulatorInternals internals = sGui->getIContextSimulator()->getSimulatorInternals();
-            const CSimulatorInfo simulatorInfo = sGui->getIContextSimulator()->getSimulatorPluginInfo().getSimulatorInfo();
+            const CSimulatorInfo simulatorInfo  = sGui->getIContextSimulator()->getSimulatorPluginInfo().getSimulatorInfo();
             m_simulator = simulatorInfo;
 
             const QStringList names(internals.getSortedNames());
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.cpp b/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.cpp
index a865a21b4..bbe7999ca 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             m_data.addOrReplaceValue(name, value);
         }
 
+        void CSimulatorInternals::setValue(const QString &name, int value)
+        {
+            this->setValue(name, QString::number(value));
+        }
+
         CVariant CSimulatorInternals::getVariantValue(const QString &name) const
         {
             return m_data.getVariantValue(name);
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.h b/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.h
index ed751acdb..c1195b963 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/simulation/simulatorinternals.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             //! Set value
             void setValue(const QString &name, const QString &value);
 
+            //! Set value
+            void setValue(const QString &name, int value);
+
             //! Get value
             CVariant getVariantValue(const QString &name) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.cpp
index fe695f9b1..1c49063ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.cpp
@@ -696,6 +696,10 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
                 {
                     this->physicallyInitAITerrainProbes(position, 2);
                 }
+
+                // SB4 offsets
+                m_simulatorInternals.setValue(QStringLiteral("fsx/sb4"), boolToEnabledDisabled(m_useSbOffsets));
+                m_simulatorInternals.setValue(QStringLiteral("fsx/sb4packets"), m_useSbOffsets ? QString::number(m_sbDataReceived) : QStringLiteral("disabled"));
             }
 
             m_ownAircraftUpdate++; // with 50updates/sec long enough even for 32bit
@@ -2242,6 +2246,12 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             }
         }
 
+        void CSimulatorFsxCommon::onOwnModelChanged(const CAircraftModel &newModel)
+        {
+            m_sbDataReceived = 0;
+            CSimulatorFsCommon::onOwnModelChanged(newModel);
+        }
+
         QString CSimulatorFsxCommon::fsxPositionToString(const SIMCONNECT_DATA_INITPOSITION &position)
         {
             static const QString positionStr("Lat: %1deg lng: %2deg alt: %3ft pitch: %4deg bank: %5deg hdg: %6deg airspeed: %7kts onGround: %8");
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.h b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.h
index 61eb68b06..2e9f883dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simulatorfsxcommon.h
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             //! Use SB offset values
             void setUsingSbOffsetValues(bool use) { m_useSbOffsets = use; }
 
+            //! Number of received SB4 packets
+            //! \remark if this is increasing, SB4 is supported
+            int receivedSB4Packets() const { return m_sbDataReceived; }
+
             //! Request for sim data (request in range of sim data)?
             static bool isRequestForSimObjAircraft(DWORD requestId) { return requestId >= RequestSimObjAircraftStart && requestId <= RequestSimObjAircraftRangeEnd; }
 
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             virtual void initSimulatorInternals() override;
             virtual void injectWeatherGrid(const BlackMisc::Weather::CWeatherGrid &weatherGrid) override;
             virtual void clearAllRemoteAircraftData() override;
+            virtual void onOwnModelChanged(const BlackMisc::Simulation::CAircraftModel &newModel) override;
             //! @}
 
             //! Timer event (our SimConnect event loop), runs dispatch