Why do I have so little fuel?

I seem to have done something (I can't think what) that has set all my
aircraft to begin with only 12% fuel in the tanks. This didn't used to
be the case, once upon a time I'm sure they all had 100%. Does anyone
know how to alter the global (default) fuel settings?

If I reset the fuel for a particular plane/flight, the setting only
remains for that one time - next time I start FS9 all the settings in
all aircraft are back to 12% (except auxilliary tanks, in say B747,
which are at 100%). I don't really want to have to reset fuel for
every flight like this. The FS9.cfg file shows 'UnlimitedFuel=1' by
the way.

There are of course fuel settings for each separate aircraft, in the
aircraft.cfg file, but I certainly haven't been through changing those
values, so don't think I should start altering them manually: in any
case, since the global setting has changed, there is presumably a way
to change it back again, globally.......

Thanks!

Martin S.

Hi Martin S,

Default saved flight?

Regards,
John
"Martin S." <ms@ms.com> wrote in message
news:ad3i4052r03rtrjnhpn0enb7f0po6u9aon@4ax.com...

John,
No, I haven't tried altering the default flight - I'll try first thing
tomorrow morning and let you know if it works.
Thanks,
Martin

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:21:23 +1000, "John Ward"
<johnrmward@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

Hi, Martin

I believe I´ve got a simple answer for your problem...
Just create a new default flight (i believe you deleted it by mistake) and
make sure you fuel tanks are at 100%...save and exit FS9. This should take
care of it...

Carlos Sousa
Portugal, Europe


"Martin S." <ms@ms.com> escreveu na mensagem
news:ad3i4052r03rtrjnhpn0enb7f0po6u9aon@4ax.com...

Martin,

As other posters have provided the answer I would have suggested with the
default flight setting, here's another thought. Do you really want 100% for
all your flights as this will invariably be wrong as well unless your flying
a small GA aircraft. For example my typical Jet flight is probably the
737NG within the UK, therefore my default is centre tanks empty and wing
tanks at about 70%. In reality this is probably still on the high side but
the aircraft lands quite happily which is the reason I make the point. If
you always have 100% you will often have problems with landings. Imagine
your 747 with 100%, you would need to go on a 10+ hour flight to empty it to
a suitable level.

Just a thought anyway.

Geoff


"Martin S." <ms@ms.com> wrote in message
news:ad3i4052r03rtrjnhpn0enb7f0po6u9aon@4ax.com...


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.601 / Virus Database: 382 - Release Date: 29/02/2004

No, I wasn't thinking of setting the fuel to 100% in fact - 50% would
cover 95% of my flights, which tend to be mostly short-haul.
I'll try resetting the default flight now - sounds as if that is the
answer as I did change it not long ago.
Thanks.
M.
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 04:54:35 -0000, "GeoffC" <geoff_noise@hotmail.com>
wrote:

That wasn't what you implied, hence my reply. Maybe I got the wrong end of
the stick and you had already thought about this point in which case I
apologise for wasting your time.

Geoff


"Martin S." <ms@ms.com> wrote in message
news:79kj409oh50ellbbqmptivskcpmdg6sfh3@4ax.com...
for
flying
but
If
to


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.601 / Virus Database: 382 - Release Date: 29/02/2004

No, you were certainly not wasting my time - I appreciate any replies
people send to my questions. I simply meant that when I worked out how
to do it, I would set the fuel to less than 100%. Now that I have
reset the default flight, the problem is solved - I've set fuel to
75%.
Martin :-)