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=== Flying ===
=== Flying ===
==== Takeoff ====
==== Takeoff ====
# Remove the safety pin of the gear handle (({{Key press|Ctrl|g}}).
# Set flaps to takeoff ({{Key press|]}})
# Set flaps to takeoff ({{Key press|]}})
# Add full military thrust, count 4-5 elephants, set full afterburner (first reheat)
# Add full military thrust, count 4-5 elephants, set full afterburner (first reheat)
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# ~340-360 km/h: takeoff (hold 10° of AoA until well above ground. Else you'll suffer tail strike)
# ~340-360 km/h: takeoff (hold 10° of AoA until well above ground. Else you'll suffer tail strike)
# Flaps up ({{Key press|[}})
# Flaps up ({{Key press|[}})
# Gears up ({{Key press|g}}). Once verified that gears have retracted, put the safety handle back to neutral (({{Key press|Ctrl|g}}).
# Gears up ({{Key press|g}}). Once verified that gears have retracted, put the safety pin back to neutral (({{Key press|Ctrl|g}}).


Afterburner reheat is usually turned off at 600 km/h, unless you need to scramble to intercept. Second reheat (using {{Key press|CTRL|f}}) is allowed on takeoff for short runways or when you need to get in the air fast, but it isn’t a normal practice.
Afterburner reheat is usually turned off at 600 km/h, unless you need to scramble to intercept. Second reheat (using {{Key press|CTRL|f}}) is allowed on takeoff for short runways or when you need to get in the air fast, but it isn’t a normal practice.
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