SKYWARD carrier and flight

The flight system starts parked on the carrier deck at the shared carrier constants. There is no airborne spawn. Shift spools engines and taxis forward (maximum12m/s), Ctrl applies wheel brakes, A/D or Q/E steers the nosewheel. Hold Shift while braking for a stationary engine run-up.

C (controller North / touch Launch catapult) checks the launch lane, heading, taxi speed and88% engine spool before firing. A2.8-second physical acceleration run reaches132m/s, followed by remaining deck rollout. The player must pull S to rotate at the bow; crossing the bow without rotation drops toward the sea. Side/stern excursions and unaided bow departures fail.

After liftoff, the same flight map drives inertial6DOF bank/pitch/rudder, thrust/drag energy, G limits, stall recovery, and airbrake. Speed-dependent camera FOV changes gently from72 up to about79; cockpit-local motion is owned by the cockpit system. Existing local player avatar and CameraRig are moved, never replaced.

State includes flightStage, grounded, launchProgress, engineSpool, airborneTime, up/right/forward, longitudinalAcceleration, cameraFov. Combat can wait for airborneTime before engaging. reset returns to parked carrier pose; boot/stop acquire and release only this map claim. observe returns flight/input/camera telemetry.