putting a bit of life into those dreary dogfights
Steve Lehar
slehar at park.bu.edu
Tue Jun 18 01:50:17 AEST 1991
The essence of a good game is to play against other people. The
anguished response when you beat them soundly is such sweet pleasure
that no machine can match. Unfortunately, our machine is a
standalone, so we cannot do the regular dogfights (much as I would
love to!)
We have devised some competitive games nevertheless that will keep you
amused for a while anyhow.
SHORT LANDING
Take turns landing the plane and bringing it to a complete stop on the
runway (using reverse thrust), then view the final position from the
tower to see who can land shortest. You will be amazed at how short
the f-15 can land if you drag it in "over the fence" at minimum
airspeed and plonk it onto the very beginning of the runway with full
reverse on!
QUICK TURNAROUND
Take off, turn around and land in as short a time as possible. It
will take masterful handling to do a high performance steep turn at
just the right distance out to allow just enough time to line up and
land in one piece.
FORCED LANDING
Take her to a pre-determined position, for example 10,000 feet right
over the field, kill the thrust and glide it in using just the flaps
and spoilers.
TURKEY SHOOT
Player 1 records a flight with a quick turnaround. Player 2, who may
not watch while the first flight is recorded, takes off and tries to
shoot down the first plane before it lands. He must then also land as
fast as possible, and this flight is also recorded. Player three
takes off and tries to shoot down the second plane BEFORE it shoots
down the first plane. If he succeeds, then the first plane is
"saved", and player 1 gains a point for each plane successfully
landed. Then player 2 tries to shoot down plane 3 before it can shoot
down plane 2, thus "saving" his own plane 2, and at the same time
cancelling the "save" of plane 1. This continues for several rounds,
and the final flight is viewed (with "shadow") to tally up who got
shot and when, to compute the number of planes that landed safely
without being shot down. To add excitement, make sidewinders illegal,
so you have to use rockets or cannon.
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