That moment when you first fly a plane you bought and realize you won’t be flying it much.
I’m not going to badmouth the plane that inspired this post. Many love it. It isn’t terrible.
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Such a tease and couldn’t tell us what it is 
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Kind of a pointless topic without any details.
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It has two engines.
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If you exclude all my details, excellent point.
I am not dragging on a specific plane.
This isn’t my first time flying a bird and instantly knowing she won’t be my world traveler. You don’t know until you buy.
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I can agree to your point. I own nearly every aircraft, and this has been my feeling in regards to the majority of them.
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80-90% aren’t for me. Even if folks love them. I love specific planes that work well with my expensive gear. I make informed decisions. Sometimes I am still disappointed in spite of my best efforts.
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I was nearly going to guess the “Exterior Only” Hercules lol, now I’m guessing perhaps an Embraer?
Oops, I read this post.
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I’ve done this. I’ve not bought any of the utter garbage that has been lambasted (rightly) in reviews (I also won’t mention names, but people know what they are). But I have bought stuff and thought ‘meh’ after giving them a test. Not terrible, just, missing something that will keep me going back to it.
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It was a quality plane. I do my research. But I didn’t mean to make a post about a mystery plane (the P-38 if you must know) just the feeling you get when you buy a plane, fly it, and know it will not be the one.
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Exactly my point. Thank you.
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I have it and yes, I’ve flown each one once, some twice and haven’t touched it since so I get what ya mean. Something’s missing or it’s not doing it for me at least for now.
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I had that feeling about the F-14. I don’t think it’s a bad plane, I just enjoy flying others more. I’ve flown it five times and haven’t touched it since.
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That is exactly my sentiment. So far I only have the JF Arrows and the Islander that I can fully map my controls onto. All the other planes have some caveat. But here’s to hoping that hardware integration will become better or easier over time. I just hate to fiddle around with the mouse when I got ample of switches in hardware in front of me.
A good start would be to not lock up the controls when touching docked out screens on a touch screen. But not many people are bothered by it, judging by the support my bug report got.
I certainly have been there myself. I try to stay optimistic and take the long view. “Someday this might get an overhaul and be awesome, and I will already have it”.
It’s the best I can do and it helps with soothing the useless feeling of regret.
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I feel this way about the PMDG DC-6. It is a well done aircraft. It is, however, really for those to like to fiddle with every bit of the flying experience. Although, I am an older person, the experience of flying more modern designs is right for me.
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Let me guess, Bredok 737? You should start getting better at doing research my man 
Impulse buying is what MS and third-party developers depend on.
I count my loses and move on to the next impulse purchase…
sometimes I can’t help myself… shame, shame, shame.
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The beauty of opinion is that everyone is allowed to have one, and express it. Opinions are not facts, and they can’t really be wrong. I love the P-38 personally and fly it a fair bit. You don’t and that’s perfectly okay. You’re not wrong, it’s just not for you. You’re exercising your right to free speech.
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