Finally, someone who actually agrees with me on here! lol

Well, I've been waiting since, well... mid June for Aerialfoundry to release their Hornet(s), which looks to be AMAZING.  (It is payware though)  They first said the aircraft would be available by "the end of June" and well, it's September now, they said it'd be ready last week... anyway, the airplane at least LOOKS to be worth the wait... check it out at www.aerialfoundry.ca ; If the past is any indicator of the future, expect this aircraft to be available in winter '09. lol

Anyway, I have an older CF-18, (Cougar 20th Anniversary) that seems to be the most realistic... doesn't stall, but you can easily pull +10 g's.. roll and everything is pretty nice.  Again, nothing real close to realism in the dynamics, but about a million times better than the newer ones.

Yes, that's very true, the airplanes he made look AMAZING.  And they do fly well, if you only use your joystick (and throttle for that matter) to about 1/2 of its limits. 

And yeah, that's true, MS sims aren't really made for turning and burning in a fighter... ya have to get a game like LOMAC for that.  (And BTW the Hornet mod you can get for that game ROCKS!  It flys exactally like you'd expect the real thing to fly.)  And just FYI, the Blue Angels only have slight modifications, such as flying with full nose down trim (not really a mod) and all fly with the rudder pedals close in, and a can thing in the nose (where the gun would be) for the smoke system.  The rest is pretty much just the pure awesomeness of the Hornet.

Yeah, that's pretty sweet.  I always liked seeing the show "behind the scenes."  That's where you see the real max performance of the jets, when they try to rejoin and form up with each other.  The F/A-18 in general is an increadible aircraft, and even after all the hours spent watching that aircraft, it never ceases to amaze me! lol  At an airshow a couple years ago I got a GREAT shot of the West Coast hornet team taking off, and right when the guy reaches the end of the runway, rolls the aircraft 90 degrees, and does a 90 degree turn, rolls level, and begins to pitch up all within like 2 seconds... the most amazing thing I've ever seen!  That's the kind of stuff you see the diamond pilots doing to rejoin, they just swap ends with that jet like it's nothin'! lol 

And yeah, SaVas has some great shots!  BTW, did you see my shots from a few weekends ago I posted?  For some reason every post I make seems to go un-noticed around here... maybe I just need to make myself known a bit more... anyway, here's the link to that post... http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=...

Urgh... those people from Aerialfoundry

STILL

have not released this airplane!  It's makin' me flippin mad... haven't updated the freakin site since Aug 23... what's up? lol  I keep E-mailing them and never get anything back.  ARGH!! lol

lol they're the ones that made it?  That one is my favorite Hornet model too... if ya turn off "stress causes damage" and fly it using about 3/4 throttle as max and watch your G's and only go up to 7-8, it flys BEAUTIFULLY. 

Anyway I CANNOT wait for this airplane to come out!  Wohoo!  Untill then, I may get the aerosoft A-10... hummm..looks fun!