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Sometime ago I did a tutorial on converting aircraft (props only) for catapult launch.

Once you've converted an aircraft to use the catapult function, you're all set for it's use on standard aircraft carriers (unless you want to tweak your Start Takeoff position to match the actual catapult on the forward deck, which is covered in the tutorial download above).

[b][glow=yellow,2,300]In the example SHIP.CFG file below, the 'Takeoff Start Position' is defined L/R of the centerline of the ship, height above and fore/aft of the centerpoint of the ship.

The vertices are points that define the hard surface on which the aircraft sits on the ship.

Thanks, Tango, for the pointers on the vertices.  With a little trial and error, I finally tweaked a nice landing platform for the catapult on one of my battleships. 

While the catapult system is great for launching your floatplanes and CAM aircraft from warships and merchant ships, it really comes into it's own when you use it on standard aircraft carriers.   No more problems getting your loaded aircraft off the deck...

What a blast!