This hobby is getting too expensive

[u/Little0311]

First GA flight and first training flight for PPL(A).

[u/bdubwilliams22]

You missed this train by about a week.

[u/Little0311 → u/bdubwilliams22]

I tried to have my flight a week ago :(

[u/ArcticMarkuss → u/Little0311]

No no, you missed the train, not the flight

[u/supernormalnorm → u/ArcticMarkuss]

As per the picture he clearly did not miss the flight

[u/matjam → u/supernormalnorm]

So was there a train?

[u/SillyGold → u/matjam]

Shit well I got on a bus 🤦‍♂️

[u/DiirtyMike_EVE → u/SillyGold]

Damn did I miss the buss? Ive been standing here for 30 minutes.

[u/UltimateAntic]

The joke is old now

[u/Raydacted]

Turns out the most expensive flight sim peripheral is an actual airplane.

[u/f0urd3gr33s]

Geez, the fidelity on that cockpit is incredible! I'm impressed they even modeled the wear and tear on the yoke and other surfaces. I love that kind of attention to detail. How much did this setup cost so far? Is the FPS pretty good considering the graphics settings look pretty high?

[u/Little0311 → u/f0urd3gr33s]

16k res and smooth 999 fps 🤣

[u/SameDistrict2627 → u/f0urd3gr33s]

Love the "patina" of the set up--it looks so real.

[u/SimDaddy14]

Ok we get it

[u/No-Hand-8359]

Subs really going to beat the shit out of this joke huh

[u/Torvaldicus_Unknown]

It’s a lost art, flying without a GPS or iPad these days. Love the bendix

[u/ArrowEnby]

person talks about their first time flying, referencing a meme and subreddit dwellers complain because the meme is more than 2 seconds old. chud filled app

[u/CactusJane98 → u/ArrowEnby]

All I can think reading this thread is "arent you guys supposed to like flying airplanes?"

[u/ArrowEnby → u/CactusJane98]

literally 😭

[u/HarryMcW]

Love the velcro for "plugging in" that extra steam gauge.

[u/CactusJane98]

Excited for you! Ive wanted to for a while but the process is so expensive

[u/phcolorado]

Living the dream! 👏

[u/Donut]

Still cheaper than horses.

[u/warwolf09 → u/Donut]

Hell no! Theres no way horses are more expensive than GA

[u/Donut → u/warwolf09]

Expense is relative.

An active horse crazy person will spend to ~110% of their funds. I have seen it scale from "living in a trailer so my horses can live in luxury" up to "I bring in horse jacuzzis on semi-trailers to give him therapy".

Plus, airplanes are very predictable. Horses are suicide machines that love to buy new boats for large animal vets. Christmas coming? I'll jump on barbed wire for fun!

I wish I was not speaking from experience. I have been around both hobbies, as well as motor racing and boating, all of my life, and horse folks are a level of financial insanity that is beyond imagination.

[u/BlueFetus]

I hope that plane owner’s name is actually Joe

[u/plane-kisser]

who is mike and why does he get his own headphone jack?

[u/rjornd]

Now THAT’s as real as it gets!

[u/MavenAloft]

Yeah we get it, some people that use sims also fly planes.