Oh this flying lark... what an adventure it's turning out to be
many a time I've installed IL-2 for a quick flight when bored with playing the usual games I tend to play, but woah be tide me if I can get off the damn floor. Maybe its down to the fact I've not got a 1/2 decent joystick, and I'm having to use keyboard but the highest I've probably got from the runway is about 16 feet before the engine screams like a bunch of 13 year old girls at a Mcfly concert, and the nose dips lower than lidl's prices.
Last night for example, I was having one of my episodes where no matter what I did I could not sleep so I fired up IL-2 for a bit of fun. What a mistake that turned out to be. I think I spent more time looking at the "loading" screens, than on the runway and even more time looking at a pile of smoldering rubble after crashing into the ground. I think the longest I was in the air for and flying was about 12.38 seconds.
Now, years ago - I used to be a dab hand at the F-16 flightsim I had on my older computers and whatnot, but get me into a plane thats build with wood etc and requires praying power to get off the ground and I'm as much use as a chocolate fireguard in a sauna.
So - before I get a joystick, should I just pack it in, uninstall and go find a more modern simulation, or should I "stick" with it and pray that one day I will fly a plane in IL-2 and actually land it as well.


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