Takeoff, aircraft control, stall recovery, and landing.
USS STRIXON / CVX-73
Hangar deck
FLIGHT OPERATIONS
USS STRIXON Hangar deck
STRIXON / READY ROOM
Flight schedule.
Fly the posted mission, or keep your skills sharp with a training sortie. You return to the ship after debrief.
TRAINING 01 / GROUND SCHOOL
Know what keeps you flying.
↑ LIFTDRAG ←✦→ THRUST↓ WEIGHT
COMMANDER HALE / RADIO
HOLD ↓ NOSE UP · ↑ NOSE DOWN · ← → BANKW / S THROTTLE · Q / E RUDDERZ / X LOOK · I / K OR PGUP / PGDN LOOK UP / DOWNHOLD R LEVEL WINGS · C CAMERA · G GEAR · H HOOK · P PAUSE
OWL / FLIGHT OPERATIONS
Take a breath.
Walk with the arrow keys, A/D, or the left stick. Use E, gamepad A, or the on-screen button to interact at a station.
Hold the arrow keys to steer. The pitch direction is shown below. W/S adjusts throttle. Q/E controls the rudder. C changes camera. G lowers gear. H lowers the hook. Hold Z/X or the LOOK buttons to pivot your head left/right; Hold I/K or Page Up/Down to look overhead/down (85° up, 55° down). Release to center. Head look works in cockpit view. Hold pitch to fly a full loop; combine pitch and bank for a barrel roll. There are no airborne pitch or roll angle stops. Build airspeed and leave enough altitude; stalls still apply. Hold J, HOLD EJECT, or both stick buttons for 0.9 seconds to eject while airborne. Very low or inverted ejections can fail. Hold R or LEVEL WINGS to recover wings level. Recovery does not hold altitude or prevent stalls.
Gamepad: left stick flies, triggers adjust power, A changes camera, X gear, Y hook, Menu pauses. Click left stick for wheel brakes. Throttle above 85% engages high power for climbs. Ease the nose down if speed falls; thrust fades near the 45,000 ft operating ceiling. Hold D-pad left/right/up/down for cockpit head look. View/Back releases countermeasures; B targets, LB fires guns, RB launches missiles. Hold right-stick click to level the wings. In menus, D-pad up/down chooses and A selects.
Combat: T selects a target, Space fires guns, M launches a locked missile, F releases countermeasures. Gamepad: B target, LB guns, RB missile, D-pad down countermeasures.
USS STRIXON / FLIGHT BRIEFING
Out and back, OWL.
A complete training flight from the carrier. Launch from the bow, fly the five gold checkpoints, then return and catch a wire.
LaunchBuild 80% engine power. Signal with LAUNCH, Enter, or gamepad A.
Fly the circuitRaise the gear. Follow each beacon’s heading, altitude, and speed.
Bring it homeGear and hook down for final. Aim for 140 knots and the first wires.
Arrows steer · W/S power · G gear · H hook · C camera Gamepad and on-screen flight controls also work.
OWL / AIRCRAFT 103
Meet your aircraft.
Carrier fighter · OWL livery
Drag to orbit · Arrow keys or left stick to look around
PREPARING FLIGHT DECK…
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