command : system catapult

Meaning	Command	Video Clip	Photo
Full Power		The cat officer shows the pilot that he should activate the plane's afterburner for take-off. Filesize: 40 KByte
Brake		The pilot is shown that he should brake. Filesize: 46 KByte Fists mean "brakes on", open hands mean "brakes off"
Move Forward		no video clip available	no photo available
Go / Launch		When this command is shown the plane will be launched. Filesize: 89 KByte
Pull		The Pull signal is used to signal the catapult crew to tense the catapult after the plane is hooked up to the catapult shoe. no video clip available	no photo available
Lower / Raise Launch Bar	no animation available	The signal is used to show the pilot that he has to lower his aircraft's launch bar so that the plane can be hooked up in the catapult. Filesize: 45 KByte	no photo available
Slow down		no video clip available	no photo available
Stop		The plane handling officer wants the pilot to stop his plane. Filesize:49 KByte
Jet Blast Deflector up		The meaning of this signal is that the jet blast deflector behind the plane shall move up so that the following aircraft aren't blown away. Filesize: 48 KByte	no photo available
Turn left		no video clip available
Turn right		If the pilot sees this signal he has to turn right. Filesize: 63 KByte
Command is turned over to Catapult Officer to complete the launch sequence	no animation available	This signal is used to show the pilot that the control of the aircraft is turned over from the Plane Director (yellow helmet) to the Catapult Officer (green helmet) no video clip available.
I have control	no animation available	This signal is used to show the pilot that another controller has taken over the control and that the pilot now has to follow the signals of the new controller. no video clip available.
Fold / Spread Wings	no animation available	no video clip available
	Click here or the picture on the left to view a short clip of the Catapult Officer's final sequence of handsignals before the plane is catapulted off the deck. Filesize: 382 KByte This is a DivX file. To view it you need a DivX Codec or even better, a DivX player. Both can be found here.