Rocketry Rush Part 1: FF

Packman Peril

Written by Noy.C

From the day they started designing the rocket in early September, Fantastic Fliers were in trouble, Pac Man style.

In the 2-4 weeks of designing, a countless number of Packmen were created.

The source, an anonymous team member, was not contributing to the design much, and instead put his time into making distraction that appeared on everyone’s screen. The nuisances were so distracting and infuriating that the 5C in Heathcote elementary group were running behind when it came to building, as they had to delete them. At one point in late September, Fantastic Fliers returned to class to warn the teacher, Ms.Cooper about this. The cause was they caught him making 2 in the middle of writing class, which meant he was on the document when he wasn’t supposed to be.

“My reaction was ARRRGGG!” team member Kevin said when he heard about the fact that they had made packmen in writing lesson. After a long period of time, the packmen were gone. But it was too late to stop the stress, as they were done designing. There was a minor problem when it came to the blueprint itself but that was easy to resolve.

Unfortunately, the stress didn’t end there…