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Cold Engine Start

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NavyAce

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Hello,
I am hoping that someone has an answer to something in FSX that is very annoying to me. I prefer to do cold engine starts for my flights to add realism, and then taxi out from a parking spot, particularly when flying warbirds. However, by default, the simulation starts with the engine already running. Is there some way to program FSX so that engine off is the default start? Thanks. This has been annoying me for some time.
NavyAce
 
NavyAce said:
Hello,
I am hoping that someone has an answer to something in FSX that is very annoying to me. I prefer to do cold engine starts for my flights to add realism, and then taxi out from a parking spot, particularly when flying warbirds. However, by default, the simulation starts with the engine already running. Is there some way to program FSX so that engine off is the default start? Thanks. This has been annoying me for some time.
NavyAce
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I love cold starts as well. Do this: when you spawn, turn off the engine and everything else, then save the flight. There will be an option to make it the default flight, check it and bam, now you load with engines off by default.
 
Only one caveat, use the default cessna, make sure fuel tanks are selected to both when you save the flight otherwise you will have problems with some aircraft.
 
you will have problems with some aircraft.
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Yes - also, for instance, if the mixture is at 0% on an aircraft without a mixture control, or the battery is off on one with no battery switch.
 
Clarification

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the quick replies. I will try this but would like a bit of clarification first. If I understand correctly before saving a shut down flight for a cold start to an aircraft I want I have to do the same thing first to the original default aircraft. Is this correct? I'm guessing this is to set some sort of base line for the default cold starts to follow.When FSX boots up for me my default aircraft is not the Cessna but the Trike. Obviously this has no fuel tank selector so I can't set it to both. Should I select the Cessna and set the fuel tank to both then shut down and save? Or is it enough to just shut down and save the default Trike? Except for the Embraer 135/145, which I flew in real life as a regional airline pilot, all of my virtual flying is being done on 1930s-1940s vintage military piston-engine aircraft with mixture/prop/and throttle controls that I have set to a Saitek throttle quadrant. If you wouldn't mind could you take me through a quick example of setting up my Vertigo F6F Hellcat, for a default cold start? First, select the default boot up aircraft (Cessna or Trike) launch the sim and then immediately shut down and turn everything off (Cessna fuel selector to both) and then save the flight, selecting default. Then repeat process for the Hellcat. Do I have that right? One other question. I have many aircraft, many with different model/mark numbers, and fly them from many different locations/runways. If I set up an F6F-3 Hellcat for a cold start to depart from a runway on Okinawa, would I then have to repeat the process for an F6F-5 from the same runway? What about Spitfires, where I have about a dozen different mark numbers. Do I have to do a separate cold start default save for each mark from each location and each runway within that location? That's a lot of saving. My default list would be quite long. But that's my fault for having so many planes in my library! Thanks for your time and expertise.
NavyAce
 
NavyAce said:
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the quick replies. I will try this but would like a bit of clarification first. If I understand correctly before saving a shut down flight for a cold start to an aircraft I want I have to do the same thing first to the original default aircraft. Is this correct? I'm guessing this is to set some sort of base line for the default cold starts to follow.When FSX boots up for me my default aircraft is not the Cessna but the Trike. Obviously this has no fuel tank selector so I can't set it to both. Should I select the Cessna and set the fuel tank to both then shut down and save? Or is it enough to just shut down and save the default Trike? Except for the Embraer 135/145, which I flew in real life as a regional airline pilot, all of my virtual flying is being done on 1930s-1940s vintage military piston-engine aircraft with mixture/prop/and throttle controls that I have set to a Saitek throttle quadrant. If you wouldn't mind could you take me through a quick example of setting up my Vertigo F6F Hellcat, for a default cold start? First, select the default boot up aircraft (Cessna or Trike) launch the sim and then immediately shut down and turn everything off (Cessna fuel selector to both) and then save the flight, selecting default. Then repeat process for the Hellcat. Do I have that right? One other question. I have many aircraft, many with different model/mark numbers, and fly them from many different locations/runways. If I set up an F6F-3 Hellcat for a cold start to depart from a runway on Okinawa, would I then have to repeat the process for an F6F-5 from the same runway? What about Spitfires, where I have about a dozen different mark numbers. Do I have to do a separate cold start default save for each mark from each location and each runway within that location? That's a lot of saving. My default list would be quite long. But that's my fault for having so many planes in my library! Thanks for your time and expertise.
NavyAce
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We should fly together sometime, cold starts and 30's/40's aircraft are a great combination. By default aircraft we meant the original game aircraft, you can use whichever you'd like for this trick. I used the DC-3. You can also do this with add-on aircraft, but most twin engined aircraft will have problems starting if you do, as for whatever reason it messes with the fuel selectors and you can't fix it unless you use an original FSX aircraft. You only have to set one default flight, anytime you pick a place or aircraft afterwards you will start from the "cold and dark".
 
Also note, the default flight is the one FSx srarts first at the start screen. All it does is set up fsx defaults. Once you have FSX loaded you can change the plane and airport than load.
 
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