How to make route planner ignore my fuel tanks?

[CMDR Pugwash]

If only we could "turn off" spare fuel tanks in our module panel that way they wouldn't fill when we scooped and the route planner would ignore them until we "turned them on" (at which point we could fill them up).

The point was raised in beta.

It is an issue, even if minor. I often thought dumping fuel would help as your reduced mass increases your jump range. I am basing this on recalculating my route half way through my journey reduces the jumps I need to complete it. Pretty sure of that but could be wrong.

 

[lysan]

What we need are DISPOSABLE fuel tanks! you bolt them on, use them as extra fuel tanks, however you can eject them and release the weight from the ship for a longer jump. Or they are huge but use once only, when empty they are ejected into space.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

What we need are DISPOSABLE fuel tanks! you bolt them on, use them as extra fuel tanks, however you can eject them and release the weight from the ship for a longer jump. Or they are huge but use once only, when empty they are ejected into space.

Or just the ability to eject some fuel would be nicer.