...has anyone figured out how to reverse the fuel shut-off valve on the default 172? my blood freezes each time i look there (and that's, out of habit, often :-))i killed the engine while crossing big water and lost 3000 feet in a glide trying to restart it--before i figured out the booboothanks in advance (though i suspect this may be a model thing)

...since no solutions were offered (as they may not exist :-))if you use fsx to practice procedures, emergency procedures in particular, but also the dumbest engine start--the fuel shut-off valve in the 172 is flippedcheers

>...has anyone figured out how to reverse the fuel shut-off>valve on the default 172? my blood freezes each time i look>there (and that's, out of habit, often :-))>>i killed the engine while crossing big water and lost 3000>feet in a glide trying to restart it--before i figured out the>booboo>>thanks in advance (though i suspect this may be a model>thing)> First, I don't have FSX yet. However, if the 172 gauges areimplemented as XML gauges it is a simple matter of using atext editor to reverse the .bmp selection that depicts thefuel shut-off position. For instance, here is some XML code from a fuel cutoff gauge:(A:General eng1 mixture lever position, percent) 50 > Fuel Control Engine 10 (A:General eng1 mixture lever position, percent) 50 > if{ (>K:MIXTURE1_LEAN) } els{ (>K:MIXTURE1_RICH) }To reverse the actions one could either change to and to or change "FUEL_CUT_OFF.bmp" to "FUEL_CUT_ON.bmp" and"FUEL_CUT_ON.bmp" to "FUEL_CUT_OFF.bmp".If, however, the C172 gauges are contained in a multi-gauge .gaufile as they were in FS9, then you would need to use somethinglike FS Panel Studio to swap the bitmaps in the Cessna!Fuel_Selectorsectioon of the .gau file. I'm looking in that file now and see 2 bitmaps for the "B" position and 2 for the "Off" position.Doesn't seem to allow for selection or "1" or "2". Anyhow, I could use a program like PaintShopPro to edit those bitmaps andreverse the needle position in each. So, not having access to the FSX 172 panel/gauge info all I cando is thell you that it's possible for you to make the changeyourself, depending upon the implementation and your own expertise. Paul

paul, thank you very much for your exhaustive reply. i didn't know some of the things you wrote. however, i still owe you an apology--i wasn't clear enough in my post. i meant the vc. i'm afraid that particular moving part of the vc may be there for goodthanks again!ps. looks like the new gauges are all compiled dll