kingvercetti Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Last night playing GTA3 I decided I'd have ago at flying the Dodo again. I quickly got the hang of it (after blowing up about 5) and started flying around. I got tired though, so I landed it, and my time was 625 seconds (Just under 10 and a half mins). Sorry if this topic has been made already, I searched and didn't find anything. And a question: What is the Dodo's maximum height? On my Xbox version I could get it up to just above the Full-Wings flying around. So, what are your best times in the Dodo? And if anyone says it can't fly, I'll kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 First time I got her up, I must've flown for an hour. Didn't keep track because once you're up there and stable, it's little effort to keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adultswim16 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 my best time without cheats is 10 sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick000 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Like 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adultswim16 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 sec is short for seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 1234 Seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goukido Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 1234 Seconds man you sure it's 1234??a cool number!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvercetti Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 How'd you guys only manage to keep it up for 10 seconds? As long as you keep the nose at about the same level as the wings, it stabalizes pretty quickly. @Demarest - An hour on your first go!? That's pretty damn impressive! On another note, is it just me, 'cos it seems like every single time I go to the airport and get in a Dodo it goes foggy, which makes it considerably harder to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AT400 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 1681 seconds or 28 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 1234 Seconds man you sure it's 1234??a cool number!! Yeah it's a wierd number to get in that order I'll see if I can do it again & get a screenshot Went over that & flew for 1255 seconds today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fido2 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 10 seconds, or however long it takes to crash into those billboards on Staunton. I still think being able to fly it upwards is impossible, and that people only say its possible to annoy the people who havn't figured out that its impossible yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrustyBurger Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 my longest was like 8 minutes, i went around the ghost town twice, saw the names on the radar by the ghost town, than did a whole lap around the city before i decided to go down for a crash landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 It gets very boring after about 10 minutes of flying around seeing the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goukido Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I just learnt how to fly the Dodo,so 1 minute is my almost now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvercetti Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 10 seconds, or however long it takes to crash into those billboards on Staunton. I still think being able to fly it upwards is impossible, and that people only say its possible to annoy the people who havn't figured out that its impossible yet. kingvercetti kills fido2 It flies perfectly well, if you're having trouble with the billboards, take the other goddamn runway! And it's not meant to be flown upwards, but if you keep it stable it gains altitude itself, and goes just above the other Dodo's flying about. And is it just me or on XB is the stadium fully textured? I didn't land so I don't know whether or not it's solid, but the textures seemed quite high detail from where I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrdax Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Is pretty easy: the thing is just to tap buttons, not to press them long time; to take off is simple: you don't even need the whole track; decide which button you use to 'dodo up' and 'dodo down'; so go the begining of the track and start going and pres 'dodo down' button, soon enough you'll see sparks (hear the noise) coming from the dodo, so then release the down button, the dodo goes up just quickly, take off! now, the hard part is to keep it paralel to the ground, the plane will try to go up, don't let it, TAP down so the plane keeps paralel to the ground; to avoid the cartels, once the plane took off, TAP to your right, not left because you'll crash into the bridge; remember, tap the button, while turning, keep watching that the nose won't go up too hard; keep tapping from time to time when it does that; sometimes the plane will try to go down, don't panic, and most of all, don't do anything, let it go, just pay attention because it will try to go up again, at that moment, remember to just tap down again. That should do it, one thing I remember is that what prevented me to fly was the frustration of having to turn or keep the plane straight, but after realised that I shouldn't have to press the buttons, all went reaaaally smooth. By the way, after going to ghost town, taken the plane to the garage and landing on some roofs, I got bored very quickly so no very big numbers for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pato303 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 How'd you guys only manage to keep it up for 10 seconds? As long as you keep the nose at about the same level as the wings, it stabalizes pretty quickly. @Demarest - An hour on your first go!? That's pretty damn impressive! On another note, is it just me, 'cos it seems like every single time I go to the airport and get in a Dodo it goes foggy, which makes it considerably harder to fly. that dodos a piece of crap. im suprised you can fly a wingless vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvercetti Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 It has wings. They're just sawn off half way . And it may be a peice of crap but it's the only way to fly in GTA3, and don't forget, it wasn't meant to be flown. That's why the Ghost Town is in such an easy position to get to (by flying), and many roofs aren't solid/don't have textures. And for a plane that only has half it's wings, it flies pretty damn good! And I can also fly a Rhino, but that don't have wings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pato303 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 yeah but even then. a half wingless plane would still be unflyable. that could be just me and being crap at dodo flying. the longest i got out of it was 45 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AT400 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 New record for me now: 2609 seconds. Now for anyone who says the GTA 3 dodo is a POS is so wrong. Yeah its hard to fly, but once you learn how to tame the old girl, she flies like a dream. It only gets hard when you fly into fog, since GTA3 dosn't have that little attitude guage (its that little thing that tells you what angle the plane is banking and pitching) on the map radar, like in GTA: San Andreas does. Got me quite a few times into the drink, but now I can handel it in fog with little problem. The only part that is really hard about the dodo is take off, A few got bad for me, sometimes I was lucky and landed back on the runway, sometimes I had to pray to make it across and land on the bridge that connects Portland and Stauton Island. And the rest of the time I was thrown into the water because I was too low and hit the billboards on the other side of the river/ocean between Shoreside Vale and Stauton Island. A few tips for flying the Dodo. In order to maintain a long flight, you should do a good take-off. In order to do that, you must have the controls set for the plane to go down while its on the ground. When sparks are flying from the Nose Gear (Front Wheel), then you must let go and it will fly up pretty quick, make sure you have some control over it and hit the down keys a but so it will not stall instantly. After that, your wondering, AT400, "how do I cruise?" Easy, its like any other plane, but since its wings are clipped, and it will stal easily, you must becareful while making turns, in order to make some very good turns you must be very slow and gentle (better said than done for the PC users that must use the keyboard, for me, its not too hard since I'm using the PS2 version.) You should make your rate of bank (turning) very slow, so you can still maintain control without problem. Also, do some very minor adjustments when you must. Oh yeah, avoid jumping over any of the Insane Jumps or whatever they are called, they will mess up your view and you'll have to crash it in order to see yourself again. As for Landing, many techniques, from just stalling the bird to Nose Diving it, just find one that fits you best. Sorry for the long lesson, I hope this helps those who have problems flying the GTA Dodo without Cheats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scharkey Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) First time I could turn and keep it stable was about 40 minutes to an hour, but its no real reason to time yourself.. you can keep it going for like a whole day if you wanted, just gets boring. Now a days I just play MTA GTA3 and fight, or do stunts with the dodo, and exploring around the city. Also, landing, you have to think way ahead, WAY ahead, and predict how high you'll be when you land, where you'll land, and your speed. Best bet is to get a speedometer download or play MTA. Just gently pull back and keep it at a steady number of 70-90 and you'll land like your landing on butter . Take offs are easy, just make sure not to let the tail scrap to long.. once you're good enough you don't even need to scrap the tail. Fun bomb dropping off high buildings to, good to teach you how to stay in the air, like a baby bird falling off their nest. Edited February 20, 2006 by Scharkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav0 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 My best is 86 seconds. It sounds kinda shameful, I'll start GTA3 now and try for longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helegad133 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 My best was 36 or 38 seconds. It's been a while since I've played GTA3 now (for the reason see the 'A few beefs i have with GTA3' topic), so I play it occasionally at a friend's house. Can anyone post screenshots of them flying the Dodo over the stadium or over the Ghost Town? I used the Administration Console to get an Infernus to fly over the stadium (then I crash-landed it; it's not solid), but I haven't been to the Ghost Town. Just looking at pictures of Dodo flying give me a hell of alot of thrills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvercetti Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 I would get you some, but I'm runnin' on Xbox. Anyway, I was just wondering 'cos the stadium's fully textured, and solid but untextured on LCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj100 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 my best time without cheats is 10 sec without cheats ?!? whatta sissy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennervision Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Are you guys able to get it high enough to fly over buildings? That's the part that always confuses me. I can fly around the islands, but as soon as I go over land I crash in no time. I try to stay calm (i.e., no sudden movements) hoping the thing will climb in altitude, but no such luck. Before you know it, I'm driving down Staunton with people yelling, "Learn to drive!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar06 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 my time was 8 mins thats just flying in a straight most of the time then i hit a lampost and i blew up so i was disappointed at cause it couldn't fly good and was just poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartleby Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Are you guys able to get it high enough to fly over buildings? That's the part that always confuses me. I can fly around the islands, but as soon as I go over land I crash in no time. I try to stay calm (i.e., no sudden movements) hoping the thing will climb in altitude, but no such luck. Before you know it, I'm driving down Staunton with people yelling, "Learn to drive!" The Dodo doesn't have a very high ceiling, probably due to it having such a short wingspan*. It's maximum altitude is still not enough to clear some buildings, like the Love Media tower. It certainly makes driving over the SSH hilltop mansions tough; you're low enough to the ground that the Cartel can shoot at you. *And, of course, the game code dictating what it can do. Don't nitpick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helegad133 Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 The trick is stabilizing. Over at a friend's house, we played it on his really good computer and managed to keep the Dodo up into the air for 222 seconds, before crashing into the Love Media building (recreating Darkel's missions... in memoriam). It wasn't purposefully anyway. But if the Dodo starts going down, just let it. Relax. The further to the ground it goes before it starts going up again (see, that's the key), the more altitude it'll gain. Once it starts going up, just stabilize it again. But most of the time it'll just go down a little bit (but once it nearly hit the streets of Staunton, and once it started going up, it was almost vertical ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Actually, the real trick is TAPPING the keys, and never hitting up (to gain altitude). Then comes the stabilising. The Dodo will actually gain altitude "naturally" or "by itself", which just means that by flying, it will gradually climb higher and higher. You can't do sharp turns in the Dodo, nor can you land in a hurry (well, you can, but you need some luck if you are to avoid a crash). Anyhow, there are plenty of Dodo Flying Guides all over the net - you can find most of them here . I don't have exact times, but I can fly pretty much as long as I like in LC (where I think the handling may be slightly different). I think I've gone about 2 mins in GTA3 a long time ago (which would've been close to the last time I flew it in GTA3). I'm not real fussed on flying it anyhow, especially since I can go pretty much anywhere I want with way less hassle using helicopters in LC . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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