Flight and Flying [Friday, May 25, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

When the students arrived at the flight shed, they'd immediately notice that the sim had been completely reconfigured.

A couple of them would find the new shape very familiar.

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First obstacle course

[sith_happened]

You're flying through a asteroid field. Duck, dodge, and spin to avoid being squished like a bug.

Don't cut it too close or the R2 unit will scream his head off.

The average pilot can get through the course in 12 minutes. The average Jedi can do it in about 9.

Anakin's new record is 7:30. Artoo was not happy.

Re: First obstacle course

[tatooine_doofus]

"What was his time, Artoo?" Luke asked as he strapped in.

Artoo told him.

Luke frowned.

"We can do that," he said as he throttled up the engine and relaxed into the Force, then smoked close enough to a couple of asteroid to get Artoo screaming along behind him.

"Relax," he soothed. "I know what I'm doing."

His first attempt got him very, very close to his father's score: 7:45, complete with a turn sharp enough to almost ding the left wing.

Re: First obstacle course

[fantastic_torch]

Concentrating, Johnny didn't go as fast as he would have liked, which probably made Artoo happy. But he did cut sharply...alot...to avoid hitting asteroids.

Even with being an exceptional pilot, Johnny finished in at 11:00 minutes flat. With practice, he was sure he could manage a better a time.

He went throught the first course again, upping his speed and managing to clip the left wing as he dodged a second too late. Quickly correcting the starfighter, he finished his second run through at 10:25, bettering his average by 35 seconds. It was probably as good as he was going to get.

Re: First obstacle course

[cantjossme]

Mel was varying between going too fast, dragging to a stop and then spinning around like a maniac just for the hell of it while Artoo bleeped various complaints.

"Stop whining you little trash can!" Mel said gleefully as she narrowly avoided an asteroid.

She finished around 16 minutes

Re: First obstacle course

[sixstandingby]

"Nice and easy," Gavin said, pushing the X-Wing through the asteroid field. Artoo, behind him, warbled incessantly. Gavin tried not to let himself be distracted. "Shut up, Tiger."

That only made Artoo louder and the noise was enough to make Gavin cut a sharp turn that made an asteroid whoosh over the X-Wing.

Gavin finished the course at 9:55. Not too bad.

Re: First obstacle course

[izzyalienqueen]

On her first try Isabel went squish against an asteroid about 15 seconds in. Artoo let her know what he tought of that with an indignant bleep. "Yeah, I know. Sorry."

She narrowly made it through the second time. But it was certainly no where near a course record.

Re: First obstacle course

[solo_sword]

If Jaina hadn't been trying to beat a record, she would have been fine. But because she was, she made a couple of time-costly errors and ended the run at about 8:05.

"Hush, you," she told Artoo. "It wasn't that bad."

Re: First obstacle course

[missed_the_gate]

John screwed up his face in extreme concentration, ducking and weaving through the asteroid field. The screaming R2 was distracting, so John slowed down a bit and finished the course in just over 11 minutes.

Re: First obstacle course

[ambassadorinara]

Inara wasn't there for speed or to break records. Her goal was learning how to maneuver, which would have been much easier if it wasn't for the asteroids.

Three asteroids in, and she was shrapnel. Oops.

Re: First obstacle course

[narglette]

Luna got squished a few times, but she had fun up to that point.

She wasn't concerned with speed so much as flying well.

So on about her thirteenth try, she finished at just under eleven minutes.

Re: First obstacle course

[multiplez]

"Okay, Artoo, you're my only hope," Z told the droid as she strapped in. Artoo tootled at her and they were off.

She finished in about fourteen minutes, with only a moderate amount of screeching on Artoo's part.