anyone know if there's an option in the fsx.cfg or somewhere else that can set the default fuel when you select an aircraft to be zero?

To answer your question, I don't think so....and why? You'd never walk up to a plane with zero fuel, just like you would probably never walk up to a car with zero fuel. If you did, your airline would be in a world of regulatory issues with the FAA (or similar regulatory body).

Did you tried setting the fuel at 0, saving that panel and then choosing the same one as default?I usually save the panel at the end of each flight and the fuel amount get saved too. Don't know if it will let you save it at 0.And another thing, if you start a flight with 0 fuel, you might get a electric hydraulic overheat failure or something like that, because it need fuel to cool down, i think.

Edited February 2, 201214 yr by masneoquil

it can be done because everytime i load a default airplane i have zero fuel and engines r not running. i dont know how this happened or what to do to replcate this if, u r really interested in having this option i will look into my fsx.cfg file n see if anything stands out. My NGX n 747-400X always has fuel just the defualt planes r like that.Hope this helpsWilliam Coade

HiEvery engine or system has a certain amount of unusable fuel and oil. Unless you dry the tubes with a hairdryer. :)

To change the default fuel for planes using the default fsx system for fuel you need to edit your FLTSIM.FLT. Its located at FSXFlightsotherFLTSIM.FLT. Open it with your favorite text editor, search for the line string [Fuel.0]. Change the entire [Fuel.0] section so its similar to my example:

[Fuel.0]TankSelector=AllTankSelector1=AllCenter=0LeftMain=0RightMain=0LeftAux=0RightAux=0LeftTip=0RightTip=0Center 2=0Center 3=0External 1=0External 2=0

Oh, make sure that you create a backup of FLTSIM.FLT before you make any edits to it.There are many other things you can edit in this file that corresponds to the default state of the airplanes, like engine running / shut down, systems running, default weather etc.

Edited February 3, 201214 yr by Sekstifire

thanks!