I have no doubt the flight model is tuned to match the performance and characteristics figures of the real plane as close as possible. I appreciate the work that goes into that. What I said before was based purely on feel, and that's a subjective area since it's hard to quantify in figures. So I'm definitely not saying that something's right or wrong (I can't judge since I've never flown the real thing of course), but these are just some general observations I made based on my opinion:
- The plane flies very stable, almost like it's guided or fly by wire. There's not much sway in flight, and after a high AoA manoeuvre the plane snaps itself back 'on course' very quickly, and precisely. Kind of like a spring.
- I feel that the plane responds very quickly and sensitively to my stick inputs. With the other non fly by wire modules I have (3 WW2 pistons and the F 86), there's some slack to the stick especially at low speeds. For example with those other modules, during landing I'm inclined to move my stick around just before touchdown, like this guy flying a Mig 17 IRL (at 13:20):
Maybe I should try tuning down my stick sensitivity in the settings for the mig 19, but I didn't have to do that with the other modules. Or maybe that's just how the 19 flies, I don't know.
Overall just based on my very rough, probably inaccurate gut feeling, the flight model feels like it's built around some point in the middle and my inputs in flight rotate around that point. I don't get the sensation of weight to the aircraft as much as I do with the other modules I have. Or maybe I'm just not used to the 19 yet.
Not that all that meant as criticism. Cause after all... what does a guy who's never flown a real mig 19 know... maybe the real life plane does indeed fly like that and if that's the case I stand corrected :D
OTOH from my experience the buttons and systems that people said weren't working on launch day mostly seem to be fixed. The knobs, lights etc seem to work as they should. I'm happy with that. In the cockpit view you sit really far forward if you don't zoom out with the camera, a little odd. But the sound... with the cockpit closed the engine is so quiet I pretty much can't hear it at all, just all wind noise. That's what the 19 is like IRL?