I wasn't expecting it to be a super plane, personally. It's a tad slower. I suppose I can live with that.
What I dislike are the lack of loadouts that would make this ride shine as a MA mission plane.
Also, I'm a bit.... "worried" about the handling. It seems very touchy. I can move my stick back half a degree and even at moderate speeds the slats pop out instantly. Not even more than 1G and those things are out constantly. It's bleeding speed like mad. Not sure why.
I do notice that the oil coolers were modeled slightly open. Look out on either wing and you'll see them sticking up like spoilers. This shouldn't be the case. All other planes have the coolers modeled closed. We know some of the lengths that HTC goes to when building the airflow mapping onto new planes. We've seen the screenshots, tantalyzing as they are. It makes me wonder if they modeled the airflow over this open oil cooler, thus hurting the plane more than others. Might create a large draggy component, might spoil the air over the top surface, losing lift, might do any number of things I don't know.