Should I always start FSX with a default plane?

Yes, always start FSX with a default plane in the aircraft selection screen.

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I've heard that it's a good idea and my default flight IS a default Baron 58 but I also frequently resume a saved flight and that one is frequently NOT a default A/C; I don't see any issues from that but considering how often weird problems crop up for some people, perhaps it is a wise choice to have a default AC in the default flight. It usually takes only a few moments to reload a different plane anyway.

Loyd

Or is it okay to use an add-on plane? Thank you.

Yes. OR use the scenario window and DONT boot straight into the sim

See in this thread what can happen if you set up a different startup flight (with any plane btw) then the default one (Ultralight over Friday Harbor). Also a link in the thread to info on how to fix the issue:

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?311994-Flight-controls-stuck-for-all-planes

I always start FSX with the PMDG B747 and have never had the slightest problem.

Ignorance is bliss! :)

I don't use FSX much, having moved to P3D, but with both of them I just save my location/aircraft when I'm done, and boot right into the sim next time so I always pick up right where I left off. You don't need to use a default aircraft, or go into the opening screen.

In both sims that will work ONLY with products that only use the default settings and functions.

If you use any addons that use an outside-the-sim functionality you WILL eventually have a problem.

You will not ALWAYS `pick up right where you left off`...

In both sims that will work ONLY with products that only use the default settings and functions.

If you use any addons that use an outside-the-sim functionality you WILL eventually have a problem.

You will not ALWAYS `pick up right where you left off`...

As someone who has been using FSX since its release, and FS2004 prior to it, I have always loaded a user created saved flight at startup. I tend to 'fly' an aircraft for 6-8 weeks before swapping out to another. How I load the new aircraft will depend on if I have flown it before or if it is a new aircraft. If I have flown it before I load the last saved flight for it. If its a new aircraft once it is loaded I always make a saved flight, set as default, for it prior to testing/getting to know it etc.

I have FSX installed on two PCs and use the same practice on both. I rarely use the default aircraft and use a mixture of freeware and payware aircraft of varying complexity, including some that use an outside-the-sim functionality.

Now, maybe I have been lucky but I have NEVER had an issue with this practice.

Like with many other issues that can be experienced with FSX, and other sims, not all users will experience the issues. Some will have a trouble free experience whilst others seem to get no end of issues.

Perhaps its more prudent to state that 'you MAY eventually have a problem' and 'You will MAY NOT ALWAYS `pick up right where you left off`...

Your own saved startup flight can contain a fault. The startup flight gets pre-loaded each time you start FSX. Even after then selecting a different plane, location, etc and clicking "Fly Now" the faults that were in the preloaded flight will still be present in the flight you start. They will therefore be in every flight from then on.

The only way to fix that is by restoring the default startup flight. (see link in my first post in this thread on how to restore the default flight.).

I and many others have helped loads of people on this forum already by giving that advice. It's quite common for people to mess up the startup flight.

Your own saved startup flight can contain a fault. The startup flight gets pre-loaded each time you start FSX. Even after then selecting a different plane, location, etc and clicking "Fly Now" the faults that were in the preloaded flight will still be present in the flight you start. They will therefore be in every flight from then on.

 

The only way to fix that is by restoring the default startup flight. (see link in my first post in this thread on how to restore the default flight.).

 

I and many others have helped loads of people on this forum already by giving that advice. It's quite common for people to mess up the startup flight.

If you have a default startup flight set EXACTLY like you want it, then there is no reason (unless you screw it up) to ever change it or revert to the Air Creation trike over Friday Harbor.

It's been my mantra, like forever, NEVER start your default flight and then do all of the switching around.

During a flight a plane amasses errors.

Gauges can get stuck.

Also, not everything can be switched off with the switches. Some things get switched off with a keyboard shortcut. Leading to settings you don't see.

All that can lead to problems. And if you land, don't notice the issue, and save the flight "as default" that fault will be in every flight from then on.

Yes, after a week of trouble shooting you may find what invisible controll is keeping the plane from starting. (For example "Master Generator/Alternator On/Offf" (a switch that is not visible in any plane, but available in all through a keyboard shortcut you may have accidenetally pressed.)) (mixture full lean will prevent your boeing from starting, without any mixture handle showing you the mixture is the issue.)

Why trouble shoot to find that hidden problem for a week, if you can fix it in two seconds.

Close FSX

open the FSX.cfg file

change the line:

situation="whatever it says there"

to

Situation=

close and save the FSX.cfg file

and start FSX.

Simpe, effective.

You think you personally can't live without a personal startup flight. Fine. Set it up all you want again after that.

Tell others how to do it too to if you like, fine, as you wish.

Just don't deny these fault occur. And make sure that when you tell people to set up a personal flight, to also tell them how to fix it.

Maybe by the time you have been in this forum as long as MrZippy or Longbreak you don't ever make mistakes any more. But not everybody has been playing this game that long.:D

Happy Flights!:D

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Chuck B

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