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I have the Dreamwings Dash 8 Q 400 but I have a bit of a problem trying to use it with FSPassenger. The program says that the even when empty of passengers the fuel load makes the aircraft over weight. Is there a fix for this or am I S.O.L

I don't know much about the FSPassengers program, nor about the Dreamwings Q 400, but I DO know that it sounds like a fixable problem.

Try posting the [fuel] section of the aircraft config so we can get a look at it.

[fuel]
LeftMain=0, -9.1, 3.9, 886.0, 0.0     //Longitudinal (feet), Lateral (feet), Vertical (feet), Usable(gallons), Unusable (gallons)
RightMain=0,  9.1, 3.9, 886.0, 0.0     //Longitudinal (feet), Lateral (feet), Vertical (feet), Usable(gallons), Unusable (gallons)
fuel_type=2                                //Fuel type: 1 = Avgas, 2 = JetA
number_of_tank_selectors=1                    
electric_pump=0

[WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE]
max_gross_weight=64,500                       // (pounds)
empty_weight=37,888                           // (pounds)

It think you might have too much weight for the max with full fuel.  You might want to add a little to the max gross weight, which won't affect actual performance; or try checking the web for actual statistics on that aircraft and seeing if the fuel amount is actually correct.

I will look in the fuel manual when I get to work tonite. thanks