Carrier Takeoff |
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You start here on the Carrier Deck. |  |
Your plane starts here, ready to taxi to the waist catapult. |  |
Carrier deck plan from Digital Integration's F/A-18E Super Hornet manual. |  |
Taxi |
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Check that your Throttle controller is fully in the idle position. | |
Wheel Brake ON | W |
APU on | Ctrl T |
Left Engine On | Y |
Right Engine On | U |
Flaps to 1/2 | Shift F |
or Auto Flaps | Ctrl F |
Adjust HUD brightness to suit the lighting conditions |
Set the DDIpages to suit you | Ctrl F |
Check the bearing of the first waypoint so you will know which way to turn after takeoff |
The Tower will say: | |
Hornet Leader. Permission to taxi. |
Hornet Leader . Proceed to cat. |
Wait for the plane director to show you where to taxi to." |
Increase Throttle | |
(Note your speed when stationary is still 20 - 30 knots due to the forward motion of the carrier). |
Release Wheel brake | W |
Adjust Throttle until moving forward |
Apply wheel brake to stop | W |
Lock Launch Bar down |  |
020 | |
Auxiliary Power Unit | |
021 |  |
The Launch Bar lever | |
022 |  |
023 |  |
Full Afterburner as the Plane Director scurries out of the way. |
Catapult Launch Checklist |
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The tower will say: Hornet Leader, final turn up |
Set throttle to 100 % |
The tower will say: Hornet Leader, cut in burners |
Set full Afterburner |
Launch catapult | Shift C |
WARNING: Do not touch the joystick during launch. The flight computer should place the a/c in a 15 degree climb. |
Gear up | G |
Flaps up | Shift F |
Set a shallow climb |
Throttle to MIL power |
Turn to first waypoint |
Execute a Fence Check |
What a mixture of technologies! A steam catapult fed by a Nuclear Reactor lauches an aircraft burning fossil fuel. ... which makes like a pterodactyl to fly! Just another day on the CVN Ronald Reagan. |  |
Jet Blast Deflector - Burner selected |  |
carrier-012 |  |
On the way - Off the deck |  |
Off the deck at 150 knots in 2 seconds. |  |
After checking for a positive rate of climb, gear and flaps up. |  |
Looking back at a cat launch in the intro video |  |
Looking back at a cat launch in the sim |  |