Bird Dawg (Carly)

Bird Dawg
Summary
manufacturer	Carly's Premium Aircraft
designer	Carly (carollynn85)
introduction	2015
role	Civil utility aircraft
crew	1-2 (Pilot/observer)
capacity	2 (Total)
weapons	Not applicable.
fuel	DSA Fuel and TBM Fuel
prims	Land impact 64 PE, mesh
variants	Standard, Bush, Amphibious, Skis, Agricultural

The Bird Dawg (ICAO: O1 / WAKE: LIGHT) is a two seater single engine aircraft. Created in Second Life by Carly's Premium Aircraft, the aircraft was based on the real-life wikipedia:Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, built in the United States of America by Cessna Aircraft Company.

Background

The real-life Cessna O-1 Bird Dog was introduced in 1950 by Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas. The aircraft is still being flown in private civilian use.

Available both in-world and on the Marketplace, Carly Premium Aircraft's recreation of the Bird Dawg features a highly realistic flight engine, fully-functional set of in-dash instruments, working doors, landing gear (with optional floats), flaps, and realistic lighting (landing light, navigation lights, strobes, and beacon).

Features

• Highly realistic flight engine.
• Fully functional in-dash instruments.
• Optional pilot/co-pilot's heads-up display (HUD).
• Working lighting (landing light, navigation lights, strobes, and beacon).
• Working flaps, landing gear (floats version), and doors.
• Optional skis and floats undercarriages.
• Seats up to two people.
• Refueling system (DSA Fuel and TBM Fuel).
• Paint weathering and washing system.
• Optional external fuel tanks, smoke pods, marker rockets, and agricultural sprayer.
• Convenient drop-in repainting system.
• Fully customizable, via both menu and direct editing of mesh.

Images

Bird Dawg, agricultural variant.

Fully functional in-dash instruments with illumination.

Bird Dawg equipped with floats.

Bird Dawg (Carly) landing at the bush strip at Rocky River Airfield.

Bird Dawg (Carly) with optional skis.

See also

• C-3 Master (Carly)
• Porter (Carly)
• Piper PA-18 Super Cub (Laminar)