I think it's not that hard to jump from one AC to the next once you know how a piston engine works.
The learning curve is all about understanding what control affects what. After that, it's simply a case of following these guidelines in every aircraft you fly.
I'm not sure if i'd be able to 100% cope with it in a combat scenario, but as Icefire says i want to see it just because it has the potential to radically change the way people fly and fight online. It would make a lot of encounters more realistic and closer to what we read in the history books for one.
The hard part here is documentation. I don't know if the developers will take the time required to come up with a guide for each aircraft or even provide a general primer, in printed or pdf form in the manual. It's a possibility that we'll have to go all trial and error on it.
Never the less, we could just use manuals from other simulators, if the modelling is correct they will work just fine. If anyone wants to understand more about it, i suggest downloading and browsing through the accusim manuals by A2A simulations (i think the manuals can be downloaded for free from their website). They are the same guys who made BoB:wings of victory and they have a few very high quality warbird add-ons for FSX. Taking a glimpse through the P47 and the B17 manuals would clear up a lot of things.
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