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fandomhigh2007-07-25 11:21 pm
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Flight & Flying [Thursday, July 26, 3rd period]
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.
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.
Exercise 1: Air to Surface
Anakin scorched through it in 5 minutes flat.
Yes, it's insane.
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
He does not, however, like mountain ranges when he's flying; he found that out the first time he flew the Pod Racer. Valley, mountains, whatever. He'd really prefer nice, flat terrain. Less inclined to die that way, see?
As is, however, he manages, yet again, to Not Die. It takes him 18 minutes and roughly 45 seconds to finish the run, and the sim is still in working condition when he finishes.
He thinks that's pretty much acceptable.
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
She finished in 8:47 without a scratch on the plane. "Too slooooooooow." Anemone sulked as she stroked the controls longingly. "It's not your fault, sweetling. The silly humans don't know how to let you evolve yet. I bet you could go faster with a Compac Drive. Would you like that? Hmmm? Yes. Maybe we can try again later, after everyone else has had a turn."
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
He finished the run in about 18 minutes. Which wasn't bad at all.
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
... okay, and if she hadn't blown a couple minutes in the middle just doing swoops and barrel rolls. Shhhhh.
Still. 19 minutes isn't that bad, right?
Re: Exercise 1: Air to Surface
As such, he was almost disappointed that the main goal of the assignment was to bomb targets on the ground. He hit the larger ones easily enough, but had to circle back in order to hit a smaller one the second time around. He also hoped that there weren't any people in those targets.
After all that, he managed to come finish in about 14 minutes. He did, however, forget completely about the last target. Oops.