[Daniël]

Interesting discussion about the feel of flying. I only have 30 minutes of flight in a piston powered airplane, so I guess I can't really comment on the effects of throttle and torque, but I have around 200 flights in gliders now (around 30 hours). In my opinion the flight model in CloD resembles the feel of flight better than Il-2 1946. It's difficult to explain, but I think that Il-2 1946 is not as smooth as CloD (and how a glider feels).

In my opinion by far the biggest difference in the flight models of Il-2 1946 and CloD is the handling on the ground. CloD is a lot more sensitive in that aspect and I think it feels better than Il-2 1946.

I like the flight models of DCS and Falcon BMS too. DCS depends on the module of course and I can only give my opinion about the stock planes, the Su-25 and TF-51 as I don't have any modules for DCS yet, but out of those two I think the SU-25 feels the most natural.

Regarding BoS: The planes in BoS are very sensitive (nothing wrong with that), but I think that they're far too wobbly and I feel that the stall characteristics are not realistic compared to what I have experienced in gliders. In a spin in a glider a wing drops and the plane kind of "flips over". However in BoS the "flipping over" action stops way too early I think. I think that the other simulators that I named do a better job at simulating a spin, including Il-2 1946.

Please bear in mind that I have not flown any of the planes in these simulators in real life so my opinion is probably subjective and influenced from flying gliders and I have not played Il-2 1946 in couple of months, so maybe I don't remember all characteristics exactly. I mainly fly CloD and Falcon BMS at the moment.