Pretty sure there is a major flight model update about to be rolled out soon. (Not aimed at you) I have to be honest here, the whole sci fi geek 'bash the hell out of anything that is not my favorite show/series/game' is really tiresome.
Have been following SC a lot lately, it looks great, runs amazing on a decent rig (which means once optimzed will run great on average hardware) As much as I love Elite, the SC devs are really doing a great job considering the massive scope and pressure put on them by the head honcho.
We need more open world space sims, I'll support any dev going in that direction.. And no I haven't spent a penny on ships, I'll get them through game credits on release. Had a chance to demo the Aegis reclaimer on a friends rig, spent quite a while touring the ship, and some time planet side. Am hoping the ED devs will eventually bring some if this into ED.