Super-Goose

Antilles is headquartered about 20 minutes from my house! I'd love to have a Turbo Goose - either in FS or for real!
 
See, there they go again, messing with perfection. You can not improve on the Goose....it had 2 radials and could operate from land and water. That's as good as an aircraft can ever hope to get. Replacing real aircraft engines with super-sized hair dryers....not a good thing from my way of thinking.

Though it will be nice to see that classic fuselage shape in the air again.

OBIO
 
OBIO said:
See, there they go again, messing with perfection. You can not improve on the Goose....it had 2 radials and could operate from land and water. That's as good as an aircraft can ever hope to get. Replacing real aircraft engines with super-sized hair dryers....not a good thing from my way of thinking.

Though it will be nice to see that classic fuselage shape in the air again.

OBIO
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They are also producing the orginal Radial engine version:bump:
 
Those turboprop engines hanging out in front kinda ruin the esthetics of the airplane, but it's nice to see the classic Goose design still around. :)
 
From what I understand (and I could be wrong about this), modern turbines can drink just about anything kerosene based, including deisel. This makes refueling pretty darned easy when all you have to do is pull into just about any marina that has a pump.

But I agree that the big round piston pushers have a look and sound that just can't be matched!
 
I agree, only non-radial version I like is the baby Goose, the Gosling or for the other side of the pond, the Widgeon. Longtime favs of mine, both of them.

Jamie

PS. I'm actually resisting the urge to even look at these anomalies :d
 
Tom Clayton said:
From what I understand (and I could be wrong about this), modern turbines can drink just about anything kerosene based, including deisel. This makes refueling pretty darned easy when all you have to do is pull into just about any marina that has a pump.

But I agree that the big round piston pushers have a look and sound that just can't be matched!
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That's pretty much correct Tom, they'll even run on an Avgas/Kerosene 'wide cut' mix, but the power rating isn't guaranteed if you do it.


http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=4503664&contentId=57733

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Pete
 
It looks ungainly, but turboprops produce more power, are more reliable and easier to maintain than a piston engine. These are not conversions either, their website states the Super Goose is built new from the ground up.
 
stansdds said:
It looks ungainly, but turboprops produce more power, are more reliable and easier to maintain than a piston engine. These are not conversions either, their website states the Super Goose is built new from the ground up.
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Both models, Turboprop and radial engine are built new from the ground up.
 
The flightsim version is being built by Cirrus Productions.

I've been watching Antilles for a while. I think they've got the right intent with their design. They own everything real-life Goose related- parts spares, design, STCs, etc. While I have to agree that the turboprop version is a bit ugly, I don't think anybody can disagree with the power on demand brought on by a turboprop. It seems to me that while flying in the bush, there are times when that power on demand could really help you out of some jams.
 
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