Elite is Released game, ofc it's flight model is nailed down, Star Citizen is not released so the flight model is not naild down, it's basic game development, COD took 2 years to adjust their flight model for ONE little ship alone. For an arcade flight on rails mode. It's normal to expect that Star Citizen takes more time to nail their flight model because they have lot's of ships and they all have a variety of designs. There will be not ONE flight model to rule them all, but several types of flight models depending on the ship characteristics. That's what the flight model haters are not grasping, its a work in progress that will extent way beyond the release of the game.
That was glide testing how the ship reacted (nothing changed), one with a bit of thrust effects (outdated now).
http://i.imgur.com/wMfWwPn.jpg
Sorry, I can keep trying:
http://i.imgur.com/mRbQAkK.jpg