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Originally posted by casper:
do the russian carriers have a catapult system? I always end up in the water if I have any sort of weapon load

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Russian carrier is not equipped with a catapult.
Therefore a bow part of Russian carrier seems to become a ski jump platform.

You take off by afterburner opening fully and can take off without a problem if you pull Stick by the maximum if a wheel left a deck.(Maybe)
Though a deck landing wire and a meat ball are not reproduced, a deck landing is possible too.

You can participate with RED Russia side in Multiplayer with my CarrierDuel mission introducing as follows. http://www.combatsim.com/ubb/Forum31/HTML/004470.html

I am playing this with friends , but can take off without a problem.
However, I may have set Su-33 by the equipment of F/A-18.
Try "Flight F".(Of course you cannot select it except MultiPlay time.)