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fandomhigh2009-09-21 08:24 am
tyler_gone) wrote in fandomhigh2009-09-21 08:24 am
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Applied Science | Monday | Period 2
As the students came in today, they'd find that each desk held a pile of different kinds of paper, plus some blueprints. Tyler still wasn't feeling his best, so he'd decided the way to fill the hour was to let students make projectiles.
... anything for science, man.
"Welcome," he said, once they all seemed to be in their seats. "Today, we're talking about basic aerodynamics -- paper planes. The aerodynamics behind a paper plane are about the same as those behind any glider. Let me explain." And he did, discussing the reasons paper planes flew or didn't fly, the relative importance of the tail (none), and the differences in performance between origami planes and scale models.
As he spoke, he folded a perfect glider, and marked the conclusion of his lecture by tossing it over the heads of the students to crash just past the last row of desks. (Yes. He'd worked on this a lot.) "Your job today," he said, "is to build a perfect paper plane, either using the designs I gave you or with a design of your own. Cutting, glue, and tape are fine to use; so are small weights like paper clips or bobby pins. No using telekinesis to make it fly, though if I could, I would too."
He waved a hand at them. "Go to it."
... anything for science, man.
"Welcome," he said, once they all seemed to be in their seats. "Today, we're talking about basic aerodynamics -- paper planes. The aerodynamics behind a paper plane are about the same as those behind any glider. Let me explain." And he did, discussing the reasons paper planes flew or didn't fly, the relative importance of the tail (none), and the differences in performance between origami planes and scale models.
As he spoke, he folded a perfect glider, and marked the conclusion of his lecture by tossing it over the heads of the students to crash just past the last row of desks. (Yes. He'd worked on this a lot.) "Your job today," he said, "is to build a perfect paper plane, either using the designs I gave you or with a design of your own. Cutting, glue, and tape are fine to use; so are small weights like paper clips or bobby pins. No using telekinesis to make it fly, though if I could, I would too."
He waved a hand at them. "Go to it."
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Me, I wanna see paper plane races.
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... Which was to say, he was folding the most simple pattern he could find, and then he was going to rely on a half-decent throwing arm to get any distance out of this thing at all. Simple was good.
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"Want to put our heads together on this?"
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//Can't do any harm, can it?//
And then he waited to make certain that his partner wasn't going to freak out over his talking in people's heads. It was a thing.
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She was more sort of surprised.
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//It's just... what I do. Mutant thing, if that means anything at all.//
Around here, more often than not, it really seemed to be just another word.
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//What did yer say yer name was, luv?//
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//Pleasure to meet yer,// he said instead. //Have yer made paper planes before?//
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//I walked right into that one, I suppose,// Jono mused, giving his paper a fold in absolutely the wrong direction to do any good at all.
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Yes, that had to be it.
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Because he was starting to figure that messing with younger versions of people he knew or knew of by hinting at where they might end up in life was just bad karma.
He gave his paper another fold, and then squinted at it. //I 'ave to admit, luv, I've not got a blinkin' clue what I'm doing with this paper.//
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He inspected the paper in his hand, which was now more-or-less airplane shaped, and then he threw it. It went about three feet before it did a spectacular loop-de-doop in the air, and then crashed down into a desk.
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What?
It gave her the appearance of doing the assignment while she mused on adaptations of it. And it entertained her, since this was so something kids used to do in the Academy and Iruka-sensei had always blown his top.
Permission was a bit weird, huh.
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Which was why he started folding automatically as he looked around for likely targets.
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She tossed it in the air... and watched it fall.
Oookay, more paper. Now for reading the blueprints and making one that actually flew.