Aircraft catapults

[ShyGuy12]

Why dont we have catapults on the carriers? They had hydrolic catapults in WWII!

It would be kinda good for the B25s that can take off from the carriers now in the Main Arenas, i cant get them off the carrier, but somehow, everybody else can. so, i dont really know rether its a good or bad idea

[C(Sea)Bass]

It would be kinda good for the B25s that can take off from the carriers now in the Main Arenas, i cant get them off the carrier, but somehow, everybody else can. so, i dont really know rether its a good or bad idea

Thats a bug. B25's are not supposed to be enabled on the CVs and the bugs are usually fixed quickly so they will be gone soon.

[EskimoJoe]

Thats a bug. B25's are not supposed to be enabled on the CVs and the bugs are usually fixed quickly so they will be gone soon.

Same with the P-39s, but those have been there awhile.

It would be kinda good for the B25s that can take off from the carriers now in the Main Arenas, i cant get them off the carrier, but somehow, everybody else can. so, i dont really know rether its a good or bad idea

Use full flaps and WEP. As soon as your wheels leave the carrier, put them up. As you get to speed above the ocean, slowly raise your flaps.

[SD67]

Look where you are positioned on the deck in comparison to the location of the catapults in AH.

I say add catapults if we move to where the location of the catapults.

That's not a bad idea.
Enable the catapults, but make it so if you want to use them you taxi up. Otherwise you launch as per usual.

[chase4]

Maybe have a "Tick-Box" that says "enable catapult launch"You need to click that and then taxi to the catapults and press Shift-H to put the hook into place

[JeepinAZ]

Only on British carriers as far as I recall.  US and Japanese carriers didn't use catapults, but their fleet carriers were significantly larger than British fleet carriers.

Then I guess these Jugs had RATO to get off in such short distance...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RRGYXMs9n1s

[Jester]

Only on British carriers as far as I recall.  US and Japanese carriers didn't use catapults, but their fleet carriers were significantly larger than British fleet carriers.

All of the US Carriers had them.

2x on some of the Essex class CV's, 1x on others.
1x on CVL's
1x on CVE's (They about had to have them to launch the heavy Avengers).

Yorktown Class CV's even had one on the Hangar deck and could launch them out the side of the ship! This was later removed though to save weight.

The USS Essex recovering a TBM on the bow while steaming in reverse....

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Bit of triva for you - did you know ENTERPRISE (as well as the other Yorktown CV's) were designed to go almost as fast astern as they could go ahead? Onpther reason for their Bow arrestor wires.

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[bobtom]

Yorktown Class CV's even had one on the Hangar deck and could launch them out the side of the ship! This was later removed though to save weight.

I would like to see this.

[Jester]

http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~drmiles/cv-12_hanger_deck_cat.html

http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~drmiles/cv-12_hanger_deck_launch.html