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== Takeoff == | == Takeoff == | ||
[[File:Carrier1.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Hawker Seahawk|Seahawk]] aircraft ready for takeoff]] | [[File:Carrier1.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Hawker Seahawk|Seahawk]] aircraft ready for takeoff]] | ||
(Please note: the keys mentioned in this chapter might vary between aircraft. Have a look in the specific aircraft's help menu.) | |||
Once FlightGear has started, you should ensure that the parking brakes are off, ease the plane a little way down the catapult pressing {{key press|Shift}}+{{key press|L}} to engage the launchbar (hold for several seconds until given "Engaged" feedback; this might be best done from an external view initially.) You should notice the aircraft being pulled into alignment with the catapult and see the strops appear and hold down the aircraft. This will only happen if your aircraft is close enough to the correct spot on the catapult; as a rough guide, for the default parking position the seahawk's nose should be roughly level with the deck observation bubble. | Once FlightGear has started, you should ensure that the parking brakes are off, ease the plane a little way down the catapult pressing {{key press|Shift}}+{{key press|L}} to engage the launchbar (hold for several seconds until given "Engaged" feedback; this might be best done from an external view initially.) You should notice the aircraft being pulled into alignment with the catapult and see the strops appear and hold down the aircraft. This will only happen if your aircraft is close enough to the correct spot on the catapult; as a rough guide, for the default parking position the seahawk's nose should be roughly level with the deck observation bubble. | ||