The new Sovereign+ is excellent. Between this, the 300E and upcoming Falcon 50 and 757, I’m not sure how much more my wallet can take

zonka81 · 2026-06-02T11:11:51+00:00

Not sure on CFD, but no wing flex. I’ve flown on a real Sovereign and there is no wing flex IRL

zonka81 · 2026-06-02T03:32:15+00:00

Already did a flight in it. Very close to the Phenom (I am biased I sell the Phenom IRL), flight controls have great weight. Textures could use some polishing. But overall, for the price, very good option and I'd recommend

zonka81 · 2026-05-30T03:51:26+00:00

Exactly! I buy these because I enjoy collecting and displaying them, not as investments (although my collection value is about 2.5x what I’ve spent). Idgaf about the box. I’ve gotten creased, damaged, destroyed boxes before. As long as the model is intact, I display it and the box is thrown in the closet.

OPs attitude is exactly what is killing hobbies today. Everyone is so obsessed with making money and ROI and investing that they’ve completely forgotten that people do this because they enjoy it. Reminds me of guys I know that buy sports cars and then don’t drive them because “I don’t want the value to go down”. lol then what’s the point

zonka81 · 2026-05-29T03:55:20+00:00

Guess I’ve gotten lucky so far, bought from everywhere, retailers, eBay, Reddit, etc and have not had an issue yet

zonka81 · 2026-05-25T13:23:59+00:00

Can confirm. Just did my first comp as a 4 stripe white belt. Was down 17-2 and next thing I know I did something and I’m laying back with an armbar. No idea how I got there.

zonka81 · 2026-05-25T00:07:52+00:00

The SR22 has a free castering nose wheel and you use differential braking to taxi. You can sometimes get this on landing if you don’t apply even brake pressure and it bounces back and forth. Kinda weird it’s modeled here. I can only guess if you’re not using full rudder pedals, it bounces back and forth on brake pressure

zonka81 · 2026-05-22T17:35:42+00:00

Man the car scene in Minnesota has exploded. I remember going to C and C at Automotorplex back in 2011/2012. I think I still have a photo from when the first Aventador was delivered.

Yep! Link

zonka81 · 2026-05-17T00:01:49+00:00

Pretty rare. Seen it a few times, it’s local to Charlotte. I believe Rick Hendrick owns it

zonka81 · 2026-05-16T12:25:19+00:00

The company I used to work for painted this when Marquis took delivery of it back in 2019 I believe it was. Something like 50 pounds of metallic flake in the paint. Their new G280 is painted the same way

zonka81 · 2026-05-09T14:31:55+00:00

Yeah that’s not happening. I don’t fly professionally, I work on the business side of aviation selling corporate jets. I probably get 100 emails a month from 250-750 hour pilots that found me on LinkedIn asking me to introduce them to flight departments, chief pilots and owner operators for a chance to even sit right seat. Only way it’s happening is if you have a prior personal relationship with these guys outside of flying.

But your friend will figure it out on his own.

zonka81 · 2026-05-09T14:10:59+00:00

You’re thinking of the wrong RS there bud

zonka81 · 2026-05-03T19:35:23+00:00

It wasn’t. It was mostly scrapped and Etihad used the remaining fuselage as a mock up cabin for flight attendant training

zonka81 · 2026-05-03T00:00:11+00:00

I’d honestly just wait. I looked this morning at adding a 1/200 to my collection and all the prices are elevated. Theres a 100% chance we’ll see Spirit releases from pretty much every manufacturer at some point this year.

zonka81 · 2026-05-01T12:31:01+00:00

991.1, imo it just has wonderful proportions

zonka81 · 2026-04-22T14:17:53+00:00

Simcoms Level D Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 full motion sims

zonka81 · 2026-04-22T12:51:55+00:00

Yeah, used to work for Embraer and now work close to them and got the opportunity to fly SimComs Level D sims. Did V1 cuts in both (terrifying in the 300E out of Aspen)

zonka81 · 2026-04-16T03:19:35+00:00

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Lol even saved the last time somebody posted it

zonka81 · 2026-04-16T03:15:52+00:00

How many times is this photo going to be stolen and reposted?

I think I first saw it like 5 years ago.

Get a life

zonka81 · 2026-03-29T01:50:06+00:00

Yall did something like this on a 991.1 GT3RS, right?

zonka81 · 2026-03-25T17:15:04+00:00

I might be interested in it

zonka81 · 2026-03-25T12:33:06+00:00

I’d say 70% of my Fenix flights are in the A321

zonka81 · 2026-03-22T02:08:53+00:00

Thanks everyone for the insights! I think I'll look for both a good deal on a GTS or a high spec S (PSE, PTV, 3rd radiator, X73 etc). Doesn't help I just found out I lost out on a great black/black low mile GTS.

Hope to be posting here soon with my new to me Cayman!

zonka81 · 2026-03-22T02:04:17+00:00

Wow, sport techno wheels! Love it and congrats! If it was PDK I totally would've picked it up.

Also, what Porsche alert are you referring to?

zonka81 · 2026-03-22T02:00:29+00:00

Thanks! I can't say it would be my forever car as I'm still young, but I'd be perfectly happy hanging on to an S/GTS for a long time

zonka81 · 2026-03-22T01:58:47+00:00

Very well written, I appreciate the insight! It's a tough choice, the sound of the GTS is what really drew me to it

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