I was wondering if there is anything that can be tweaked in FS9.cfg (or elsewhere) that would cause ALL aircraft to startup in cold cockpit mode.Obviously I can save individual situations with the engines off etc. and come back to them, but just need to know if there is a "universal" tweak that can be applied which would affect all my aircraft.Or am I asking too much?David "Opa" Marshall

Yes, there is file here in utility section. http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Search...up&CatID=fs2004

I looked at that - As far as I can tell it only puts the FS default flight into a cold cockpit mode and does nothing for anything else.

What ever state you save any flight you have marked as default, will make any plane you load after that also start in the same state. Shut everything off, save as your default flight and your set.

Thanks ever so much - I just could not see the trees for the forest! It worked like a charm.