Flight & Flying [Thursday, July 26, 3rd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin never bounced. It was undignified. But he was awfully smile-y today.

And no, he wouldn't explain why.

The flight simulator had been reconfigured again--this time to something that should seem a bit more familiar to Earth-based students: The F-16 Flying Falcon.

Anakin clasped his hands behind his back and began speaking. "This is one of the aircraft used by the militaries of this world," he began. "It's good in air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attack, can go more than 850 kilometers before it needs to be refueled and can withstand up to nine G's--pretty high tech for this world's standards."

He opened the simulator door and gestured to the controls. "As you can see, it's configured differently than the systems we've been using in the last few weeks, but the joystick and the trigger button are located in the same place. The F-16 just isn't as sensitive as the starfighter--you'll have to yank harder at the joystick to get the same reaction."

The way his lips quirked up made it a little obvious that he wasn't entirely oblivious to the innuendo that might've been found in that statement. "You'll also be dealing with the Earth's gravity, so turns won't be as fast, and if you make the plane go up too quickly, the machine's been equipped to simulate G forces, so you might pass out. That's not exactly what I had in mind for today, so please don't do that," he concluded quickly.

Comments

Practice Run

[sith_happened]

The weapons are simulated, the catharsis is real.

Re: Practice Run

[orewahikari.livejournal.com]

Roxas is getting to the point where he's really enjoying this class - it's something entirely different to be able to have your feet off the ground for extended periods of time. He's never seen anything like the F-16, same as he'd never seen the Pod Racers or the X-Wings, but he thinks he's getting pretty comfortable with them.

He takes most of the time of his practice run to get used to the controls, to get used to the differences between the Falcon and the X-Wing last week. He thinks he prefers the X-Wing; Anakin's right. The controls are not even half as sensitive, and it's actually something of a struggle to control the jet like he wants to control it.

But hey, he doesn't pass out, so he's pretty happy with that as a first run.

Re: Practice Run

[imcalledandros.livejournal.com]

It took longer than what it normally would have taken for Andros to adjust to flying but he was eventually able to figure out the controls and how to fly the F-16.

Re: Practice Run

[irulan-atreides.livejournal.com]

Having missed the previous classes due to handwavy reasons Irulan stared at the controls and tried to fly the machine, suffice it to say, she wasn't doing very well.

Re: Practice Run

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone practically bounced into the simulator, itching to get her fingers on the Falcon. The podracers were cute, and zero G was fun, but this was what she had been created for.

She's not pleased with the lack of response from the controls, and it's not nearly as fast as her darling TheEND, but it's good enough for now.

She spun and twirled the plane through the course, delighting in pushing it to the outer limits of its capabilities.

Re: Practice Run

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Having missed the past two classes, Adam had nothing to compare the F-16's systems to, unless you counted his experiences with Zords.

He took his time getting used to the controls, which was sooner than he'd expected. Adam got through the practice run fairly well. No passing out here.

Re: Practice Run

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Through some strange miracle combined with a lot of luck, Marco managed to make it through the run, minus a few minor damages.

Re: Practice Run

[likethegun]

Sam was getting more and more excited about getting to work in the simulator with each passing week. It took him a little while to get used to the controls, but they felt more natural to him than the previous overly-sensitive controls.

Re: Practice Run

[the_merriest]

Rikku, in an amazingly good mood, bounced into the simulator and took a bit to familiarize herself with everything.

The controls aren't nearly as sensitive as last week's, but she almost prefers that ... you have to really mean it, and when she gets into the simulation, she's more inclined to yank than nudge anyway. She could do with more manueverability, but that's the trade-off.

This class rules.

Re: Practice Run

[flamingbonehead.livejournal.com]

Although Johnny would still rather be working in two dimensions instead of three, he found the Earth planes much easier to use than the outer space ones. He liked the F-16's controls better than the far more sensitive ones on the spaceships, and found that he was able to maneuver the planes fairly well. It didn't take too long before he felt surprisingly comfortable with the joystick not dirty.

He still leaned into the momentum of the turns when he spun the plane, but it was hard to quash old ingrained habits.