C172 fuel selector not included in engine auto-start

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

When entering a cold and start Cessna 172, the fuel selector is in the left position. I understand this is expected given that setting it to either left or right is apparently part of the shut-down procedure.

The start-up procedure should involve setting it to ‘both’ but this isn’t included in auto-start.

Anyone not aware of this will start the aircraft and fly with fuel only being used from the left tank. Given that the 172 is the default aircraft for the career missions, this is likely to be a lot of people.

I’m not 100% sure on this, but think the cold and dark position of the fuel selector may have been changed from both to left at some point based on user feedback. The auto-start not being updated accordingly would explain the current situation.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:

Cessna 172

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

NA

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Start any flight with a cold and dark 172
  2. Check the fuel selector position
  3. Use engine auto-start (ctrl+e)
  4. Check fuel selector again

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

NA

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

NA

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

NA

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

NA

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

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This happened to me at first.
I didn’t know why my engine stopped in middle of the flight even with enough % of fuel.
Had fuel selector set to left by default.
Even if you are supposed to know your aircraft, I doubt most people will consider this, would be better for autostart to change it to both.

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The Cessan 172 is not the only plane with this problem. I don’t recall which but one of them starts up with only the RIGHT tank selected. If you skip the taxi phase it resets the 172 to ALL tanks. I think it may have with the other aircraft as well so it seems to only be during engine start.

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One of the most annoying bugs with the 172 for sure! Please fix!

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Yup should be an easy fix. Fuel selector to both is part of the preflight/before engine start checklist.

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What is the keybind for this? I tried to bind Fuel Selector 1 left, both and right, but that doesn’t seem to do anything on the C172.