{"name":"BIS_fnc_aircraftCatapultLaunch","title":"BIS fnc aircraftCatapultLaunch","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_aircraftCatapultLaunch","revid":379486,"updated":"2026-10-31T00:25:10Z","groups":["Aircraft Carrier"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.68"},"since":"arma3 1.68","arma3_since":"1.68","locality":{"argument":"local"},"description":"Accelerates an aircraft off the aircraft carrier. For this to work the aircraft must be properly configured in config. See Arma 3: Aircraft Systems for information about needed config changes.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"[aircraft, direction] call BIS_fnc_aircraftCatapultLaunch","params":[{"name":"aircraft","type":"Object","description":"the aircraft that should be launched","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"direction","type":"Number","optional":true,"default":"`direction _aircraft`","description":"direction to launch the aircraft off to","type_expr":"Number","text":"direction: Number - (Optional, default `direction _aircraft`) direction to launch the aircraft off to"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"}}],"examples":[{"code":["[_plane] call BIS_fnc_aircraftCatapultLaunch;"]}],"see_also":["BIS_fnc_aircraftTailhook"]}