Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

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Dodo - Amphibious aircraft
   
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Dodo - Amphibious aircraft

Description
Dodo

"Dodo - fly like dodo!"


Medium weight amphibious plane inspired by Grumman "albatross" and "goose" aircrafts.
Can be deployed at medium hangar / large dock

Controls description

Pilot seat buttons:
1. Alternative "fast" starter
2. Toggle gyro
3. HOLD. Land steer - Allows you to turn the plane in place using engines. Hold this button and use arrow-keys for select round direction

Upper console:


Engines part
1. Engine Temperature metrics.
2. Engine starters.
3. Engine RPM.
4. Both engines throttle

Electric part.
5. Navigation lights
6. Landing lights.
7. Battery charge level chart.
8. Cockpit lights

Main console:



9. Lights green, if gyro is active
10. Propeller pitch throttle(Front / Reverse also used as brakes) & Button for shifting engine gear.
11. Select desired altitude & keyborad.
Keeps hydromode always active
12. Fuel level chart
13. Landing Gears & Brakes
14. Autopilot control block & keyboard for selected desired destination point
15. Warnings panel
16. Main avionics block
17. Debug display block. If you wanna see some values from any other block - this block serves especially for that purpose

"Startup and fly" steps

1. Start engine.
There are two ways to start the engines:
- More realistic way. Hold starter button [2] at upper control panel a few second until engine RPM will reach 4, and engine startup.
- You also can use stock engines starter - press "2" on the keyboard.
2. Release brakes - press right button [13] at main console.
3. Increase Propeller pitch [10] to 1, and open engines throttle [4]
4. Start gain speed and altitude.
5. Retract landing gear - press left button [13]
6. Switch gear [10] (button), decrease engine RPM to 10-14.
Thats all!

Water takeoff

That hydroplane has an automatic "hydro-mode" system, so you basically don't need any special steps for water takeoff.
You can hold "hydro-mode" in always active state [11](right btn) - it may be useful for short runway or weight overload


Tips

- To land safely on the water, you must reduce your airspeed as much as possible.
- Highly recomend reduce altitude by slowly decresing proppeller pitch [10]
- For easier water takeoff, try to instantly increase the engine speed to maximum.


Updated for Space DLC:
- New modular engines
- Increased max speed
- Fix center of mass issues
- Fix center of lift issues
- Add flaps control
- Body rework
- Fixes about refueling & recharging
- Simplified take-off from water
- No XML hacks (body design only one small block for landing gears)

GPS autopilot - https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1584578096
Tajin's PNG to XML Paint tool: http://rising.at/Stormworks/paint.php

P.S Sorry for bad english =\

13 Comments
ÆK47 16 Feb, 2024 @ 3:50pm 
serving mauritius since 1662!
Ass Of Wizard  [author] 29 Oct, 2023 @ 5:48pm 
Some updates after 3 years :)

Updated for Space DLC:
- New modular engines
- Increased max speed
- Fix center of mass issues
- Fix center of lift issues
- Add flaps control
- Body rework
- Fixes about refueling & recharging
- Simplified take-off from water
- No XML hacks (body design only one small block for landing gears)
Henry Stickmin 12 Nov, 2020 @ 9:21pm 
I put liquid cooling in this plane because radiators are quite useless and will overheat your engines
Mach6X 26 Aug, 2020 @ 5:09pm 
how do u turn off the engines?
Toastery 23 Aug, 2020 @ 7:39am 
to add on, it makes for a great stunt plane as well
Toastery 23 Aug, 2020 @ 7:37am 
Very nice plane! definitely a favourite creation, although the plane likes to roll on its own even in auto pilot and would be nice to see a fix, other than that this is a great plane and can even survive multiple crashes into the water! very fun and good job on this creation
Komrade aka Würfel 22 Aug, 2020 @ 3:10am 
Very stronk plane komrade
CatWithABat 21 Aug, 2020 @ 4:30pm 
thx
Ass Of Wizard  [author] 21 Aug, 2020 @ 4:00pm 
@CatWithABat - "Magnus Shipbreaking Ltd" on the north, near railway
dd-sherman 21 Aug, 2020 @ 3:37pm 
yez shiny