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So, um, here’s a thought. Lance is a great fucking pilot. Change my mind. Of course, he doesn’t hold a candle to Shiro and Keith, but that’s an unfair comparison, seeing as Shiro was literally the youngest person to go to space, officially, and Keith was literally a piloting prodigy.
We first see Lances piloting skills in episode one, where he crashes the ship after a very risky manoeuvre. But that’s not all. Hunk was unable to fix a hydraulic stabiliser, which is very important for a ship or plane to have, and have fixed. The pilot will lose control of the airplane to turn right or left in the case of a total hydraulic failure. Which means that Lance’s stunt was doomed the moment those hydraulic stabiliser legs were out.
That’s not all. We’re told that the only reason Lance moved up was because Keith being expelled opened up a space in the class. This might seem like it’s not in Lance’s favour, but it definitely is, especially with some rewording. The only reason Lance couldn’t move up before, was because the class was full, not because of incompetency.
In the case of freeing up space in a higher class, what do you think the staff does to decide who moves up? Take the worst pilot from a lower class? No. They pick the best one with the ambition to move up. So, they pick Lance. Lance, who was previously a cargo pilot.
That’s very important as it shows why he’s great at flying the Lions, but not so great at fighter jets. The dimensions and weight of cargo planes are vastly different from fighter jets. For one, cargo planes are built either to drop bombs, or the carry a vast amount of people and storage. Fighter jets are made specifically for aerodynamics and, well fighting. Cargo planes are just more bulky, wide and longer than fighter jets.
Lance has spent most of his school years, thus far, as a cargo pilot. He only becomes fighter class, presumably around the start of a new school year, seeing as he’s found this out through a sheet of paper on the wall, and not through an email. From the date log Lance says at the start of episode one (”5-11-14″), and Hunk stating that he remembers his last night of Earth being a Monday, I’ve worked out that the year must be 2314, which is already a theory, as I’ll find out later. This isn’t important, I just wanted to throw that in, and I get distracted very easily.
Anyway, by this point Lance has been in that class for nine months. This might seem like a lot of time, but remember that Lance has been a cargo pilot since his first year, at fifteen years old. By this point, he’s seventeen. He’s had to work with roughly the same dimensions for two years, and that doesn’t just leave in less than a year. What’s more than that: it’s not as if he’s always in the simulator. Practical lessons are never that frequent, especially in high school. He’s probably spent most of his year working though textbooks about physics and astronomical studies. Plus, as we see in episode one, he’d much rather do things like sneak out and hit on some girls than get permission to use the simulator. Hunk even remarks that all of Lance’s ‘adventures’ get them stuck in the Principle’s office.
Which is why Lance is more suited to flying the Blue and Red Lion than actual fighter jets. It’s why his lack of ability isn’t a detriment to the team. He’s more adjusted to those wider and larger dimensions than that of a fighter jet. Of course, he doesn’t automatically become a great pilot, as shown by how instable his flying was. But, it doesn’t take him long to get used to these more familiar dimensions. By the end of the episode, he’s perfectly capable of piloting - Keith doesn’t even mock his piloting after that point, despite doing so early into episode one.
Lance is a great pilot and you can’t convince me otherwise.
if you fuckers do the skeleton war shit again this year we’re deleting the website for real
who else can say they have a photo of a drawing of their fursona pointing at an irl total eclipse???
heres the drawing itself since its a bit hard to see
I am still going to headcanon part of the reason Dune doesn't sleep with people around is because she "snores" and she knows her siblings would make fun of her for it. That's my canon and you will not take it away from me.
what did u guys say to upset her :(