Dodo
The Dodo is a small plane, that appears in both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The GTA III rendition has short, stubby wings that appear to have been sawed off at the mid-point in order to make it virtually impossible to fly. (Hence the name, Dodo) It strongly resembles an older Cessna 152, and is always painted red and white.
Overview
The Dodo, with or without wings, behaves the same on ground - the faster it drives, more unstable it is. The GTA III Dodo could accelerate only when touching ground. In the air it has working brakes, but is very unstable - mainly because it turns very fast. This Dodo is meant to do only short jumps, but it is possible to fly with it. When accelerating press and hold button "dodo down", and when you will see sparks release it and when you are in air try to stay at same height in order not to slow down when raising. When you feel like you're losing control over it try diving and then going up - it usually grants you extra speed.
Winged Dodos are seen flying around in both Liberty City and Vice City, often towing fliers in the latter case, they can be shot down with rockets, earning the player an instant 3-star wanted level.
The GTA San Andreas Dodo is fully functional plane, one of the slowest planes in game. It is quite stable in air. The Dodo is not seen flying around the skies, and it is also the beginner plane, followed by Shamal.
A few missions also center around use of the Dodo:
- In GTA III two of Donald Love's missions involve the Dodo, A Drop In The Ocean requires you to follow a Dodo in a boat and pick up the package it drops in the bay, and the other, Grand Theft Aero, requires you to enter the same Dodo (parked in a hangar) to retrieve another package. Another mission, S.A.M (for Asuka Kasen), requires you to shoot one down with a rocket and collect the cargo it was carrying from the wreckage.
- In GTA San Andreas, during the mission "Freefall" you must fly a Dodo above and behind a Shamal jet in which some Forelli hitmen are being transported, to do a hit for Salvatore Leone.
Locations
GTA III
- In the green hangar north of Francis International Airport (only after Grand Theft Aero)
- In the southwest hangar in Francis International Airport
- In the east end of the runway in Francis International Airport
- In Portland Import/Export Garage (once it is completed)
GTA San Andreas
- In the east side of Los Santos International Airport, near the entrance
- Southeast of the main circle with grass in Easter Bay International Airport in San Fierro
- All around the west side of Las Venturas Airport
See also
- Skimmer - A very similar craft featured in both GTA: Vice City and GTA San Andreas which is essentially a Dodo with floats which allow it to take off and land on water.