Editing Flight deck (section)

===Ski-jump===

{{Main article|Ski-jump (aviation)}}
[[File:Sukhoi Su-33 launching from the Admiral Kuznetsov.jpg|thumb|A Russian Navy [[Sukhoi Su-33|Su-33]] taking off from the ski-jump on the deck of [[Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Admiral Kuznetsov'']] in 2012.]]
A ski-jump converts part of the aircraft's forward motion to upward motion through the use of a curved ramp located at the end of the flight deck. As a result, the aircraft starts out its flight with a positive rate-of-climb. This allows heavier aircraft to take off even though the lift generated is smaller. Gravity causes the upward velocity to decline, but the aircraft continues to accelerate after leaving the flight deck. By the time the upward velocity has decayed to zero, the aircraft is going fast enough to attain stable flight.

Ski-jumps can be used to enable conventional aircraft to takeoff on [[STOBAR]] aircraft carriers. They can also enable heavier payloads for [[STOVL]] aircraft.