[Fireball]

Fireball, yer on to something there. Be nice if planes would pull forward, pause for a second, while extending wings, then takeoff...

I was working on exactly that, but didn't quite hit on the right combination yet. If the video had sound you would hear that the AI do throttle up to give themselves a push out of the parking space and then they throttle back while unfolding their wings, then throttle back up for takeoff. Right now the initial push is too big though, and sends them halfway down the deck. So for now it's pretty much the strategy that american mentioned, have them unfold their wings while heading down runway.

And american you asked about glitches with all those aircraft on the carrier. I didn't notice any at all, but hopefully everybody will get a chance to try it for themselves in a week or so.