April 3, 201214 yr Yes the price we pay for fun! Hmm...Makes me reflect on choices. Cost comparisons: Real World Aviation PPL (check ride passed in 2007 with about 70 hours) ~ $15,000. 200 hours PIC including 3 aircraft checkouts a BFR and "pilot stuff" ~ $25,000 Instrument and CSEL ratings ~ $10,000 (close but wife swore she'd leave...lol) A36 Bonanza with all trimmings ~ $150,000 (not there yet...may never be) Sim World Aviation Will NEVER reach RW part 1 costs Philosophy here is: Work hard, play hard, you can't take it with you and they don't accept credit at the Pearly Gates! or... I spent most of my money on booze, broads, fast cars and flying...the rest I just wasted. Enjoy it while you can gents because it's not guaranteed and it can end at any time. Daniel Fernandez
April 4, 201214 yr that's why I don't feel comfortable when people address this hobby as a "pc game" , no pc game costs us this much, funds and times.. when they do, it hurts my feeling :P... Investment that is, the highest goal is ... treasure and talent in this endeavour, and am a better man because of it.
April 5, 201214 yr Commercial Member "I spent most of my money on booze, broads, fast cars and flying...the rest I just wasted." Classic! :LMAO: Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
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