Starting cold?

[digant]

Is there a way to start at the gates with all the engines and instruments turned off?  I enjoy starting my own engines and equipment.

[Calb]

You have to load your aircraft of choice, position it at the gate of your choice and shut it down completely.  Then execute Save Flight (keyboard shortcut is ";" [Semi colon]) and give it a unique name.

Thereafter, after FS starts, select Flights menu and double click the flight you saved.

Cal

[afi0yz]

there is a gauge that you can download to start cold

[afi0yz]

FS2002 Cold and Dark Cockpit Gauge This Gauge starts every aircraft with a cold and dark cockpit (switched off Engines, Avionics and the complete Electricity) when on grond. The Gauge works with absolutely every Panel and aircraft (Free-, Share- and Payware) no matter if it is a Prop, Turboprop or Jet and it's easy to install. By Matthias Lieberecht. 3K

http://www.simviation.com/fs2002misc8.htm

here, I think it works in 2004 too.