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Flight and Flying [Friday morning]

Jul 21, 2006 09:47

The flight simulator looked radically different than it had last week.

For one thing, there was only one. It was also longer, sleeker, and painted maroon and white ( Read more... )

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First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 16:54:58 UTC

Learn the controls. Fly around in circles. Try not to get sick.

Ask Anakin if you want him to sit in the instructor's chair--if not, he'll just let you learn by trial and error.

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 17:51:42 UTC

Molly approached the simulator. "Anakin!" she called, maybe a little louder than necessary. "I think I'm going to need instruction."

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 17:55:20 UTC

Anakin winced. "Coming," he muttered, then clamored into the instructor's seat in the simulator. "Fire it up," he said, giving Molly a small smile.

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 18:12:26 UTC

"Woo hoo!" Molly said as she started up the simulator. Once they were 'flying', she went a bit wild with the controls, just to get a feel for them and to see what the simulator would do.

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 18:20:30 UTC

"Careful," Anakin warned, trying not to turn green. "Too many g's and you'll pass out because of the pressure."

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 18:25:27 UTC

"I just wanted to see what it could do," Molly said as she straightened the ship out. "Can it do flippies like on that show Strifenova Celestial?"

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 18:32:52 UTC

"Sure," Anakin replied, grinning. "Push the throttle all the way to the right or left and the ship'll spin. Make sure you're also accelerating in a combat situation, though, or else you haven't actually moved in space, you're just spinning and that's a really stupid way to die."

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 18:47:29 UTC

"No, not a spin," Molly said, even as she made the ship spin to the left. "A flippy. Where the ship flips and spins front to back so that it is facing the way it was going."

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 18:53:19 UTC

"You mean like this?" Anakin said, reaching for the controls and executing a neat flip. He spun out and did it again, just to show off.

Yeah, he was a natural at this kind of stuff.

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 18:59:37 UTC

"Yes, that!" Molly said with a grin. "Wheeee! Flippy!"

When he repeated the maneuver, she watched what he did with the controls and then tried it herself. It took her a few tries with directions from Anakin to figure out how to do it properly and her first flip was clunky and slow. She tried it a few more times until she got the hang of it.

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 19:05:51 UTC

"Very good," Anakin said, smiling. "You ready to try out the exercises?"

Re: First run in the Sim bruiser_in_pink July 21 2006, 19:10:57 UTC

"Sure!" Molly said.

Re: First run in the Sim threeweapons July 21 2006, 18:10:01 UTC

"Anakin?" Alanna looked at the machine with something very much like horror. "Please?"

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 18:19:20 UTC

Anakin tried to smile and not look like he was feeling sick at all from the twists and spins that Molly had put the sim through. "Sure thing," he said, climbing back into the machine. "It's not that hard," he assured her. "Just like riding a horse with a lot of buttons."

Re: First run in the Sim threeweapons July 21 2006, 18:21:26 UTC

Alanna gave Anakin a look that severly questioned his sanity. "Have you ever been on a horse that goes this fast? Also, you want something for that hangover of yours?" She smirked a little and hit what she hoped was the right buttons.

Re: First run in the Sim emo_padawan July 21 2006, 18:25:16 UTC

"I'm not great with living creatures," Anakin admitted, turning off one of the buttons Alanna had pressed and flipping a different switch. "We're ready to go now," he said. "You just have to push the throttle--" he pointed at it, "--forward. And yes, Force, yes, for the hangover cure." He stuck out his lower lip. "Obi-Wan won't tell me how to get rid of one on my own."

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