MiG-29K

Carrier flight from INS Vikramaditya: cold start, ski-jump launch, the groove and the wire. RD-33MK engines, KSU-941 fly-by-wire with AoA and g limiters, a moving deck and an LSO who grades every pass.

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An instructor talks you through each lesson, points at the controls, explains why, and debriefs you at the end. Start with lesson 1.

Settings

Fly-by-wire normal lawOff = direct law, no AoA or g protection Units Engine sound Voice warnings & LSOSpoken cockpit warnings and LSO calls Sea stateDeck motion, air wake behind the ship Mouse stickMouse position flies the jet (toggle with Y) Time of dayFree missions (lessons set their own) Mountain weatherSiachen missions: cloud in the valleys and snowfall Controller rumbleStick shaker, touchdown, trap ControllersGamepad, joystick, HOTAS mapping GraphicsUltra: full resolution · Low: no clouds, bloom or AO

Controls

W S / ↑ ↓

Pitch: nose down / nose up

A D / ← →

Roll

Q E

Rudder, nose-wheel steering on deck

Shift/R · F

Throttle up · down. Stops at the MIL detent: release and press again for afterburner

Tab 0

Full afterburner / MIL toggle · idle

Click

Operate any cockpit switch, guard, lever or handle (hover for its name)

1 5 2

Battery · fuel pump · APU

3 4 6

Left · right engine (master, then START) · generators

7 End J

Nav lights + beacon · engine masters off (deck) · reset master caution

Space

Release restraining stops (launch)

G L H

Gear · flaps · tail hook (hook up releases the wire)

B X N

Speed brake · wheel brakes (hold) · parking brake

O K I

Fold wings (deck) · canopy · refuelling probe

C V

Cockpit ↔ chase · cycle views (orbit, flyby, deck)

Drag · wheel · double-click

Look around / orbit · zoom · recentre

Y M U

Mouse stick · FBW law · units

T Z

Look at the highlighted control · instant replay (last 45 s)

P Esc ⌫

Pause · menu · restart mission

Gamepad (default): left stick flies, right stick looks, triggers throttle, bumpers rudder, A gear, B hook, X flaps, Y view, Back launch. Remap anything, including a HOTAS throttle, under Settings → Controllers.

Flight record

What to work on

Numbers

Controller setup

Start checklist

LSO grade