Flight and Flying- Monday- 2nd period

[solo_sword]

Class was back in the flight shed today, with a whole new simulation. "Last week we tried out X-wings from our universe. This week we're back in the same area, but we're going to be flying TIE fighters."

"Those were the ones who shot at you in the trench last week," Anakin said helpfully, winking at Ahsoka. "They behave differently in flight than the X-Wings because of the structure of their wings. They're faster, but have no shielding, so any damage you take is going to have an immediate effect."

"Their other big detriment is that they're not equipped with hyperdrives," Jaina added. "If you can get away that way, you can shake them." Which… might not be entirely true now, but at least in Jaina's timeline it was soooo there was that?

Anakin nodded. "They're short-range, which means that if your cruiser feels threatened and hyperjumps away, you've just had a really, really bad day. They also have the navigational ability of large rocks when confronted with gravity--it's like flying an entirely different craft when they're planetside."

"Which is what you're going to be dealing with today," Jaina smiled, because they were mean. "You're going to be flying in the desert, trying to navigate yourself to a town programmed into the computer. Sooo… have fun with that."

"Don't crash and die too many times," Anakin added, nodding. "The other option is the same trench run in space that you did last week, only this time you'll be trying to shoot down the pesky X-Wings."

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Simulation #1

[solo_sword]

Try to maneuver a TIE across Tatooine in atmosphere. Good luck trying not to crash.

Re: Simulation #1

[goforthe_optics]

Oh, there was a lot of crashing going on, and a whole lot of colorful swearing in Khelish.

"This is terrible! If I ever find the bosh'tet who came up with these schematics . . ."

Re: Simulation #1

[notfinnyet]

After the first few crashes, FN-2187 muttered, "I think I understand why I was never chosen for pilot training now."

It was not entirely his fault, but good luck convincing him of that.

Re: Simulation #1

[snipsnspecks]

The X-Wings looked far too similar to ARC-170s for Ahsoka to feel comfortable attacking them, regardless of being only sims, so she stuck to the first sim today.

Now that they weren't shooting at her (Anakin) she could see the similarities to a Jedi interceptor, which meant she didn't crash, but she went off course a few times while figuring out how it handled differently.

RE: Simulation #1

[halfaclink.livejournal.com]

Frank only crashed twice while finding the absolute lowest speed he could go in an atmosphere while still defying the laws of nature and gravity. His plan was to sacrifice all possible speed to give himself plenty of time to maneuver. After that, it was just slow going, which gave him plenty of time to mix a drink to celebrate his eventual success.

RE: Simulation #1

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had never actually flown out of atmosphere in real life, so she was much more comfortable with this. She could fly in gravity so she did pretty well, aside from just getting used to the ship that was not that great.