# Chester Goon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chester_Goon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chester_Goon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Goon > Source revision: 1321146024 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox aircraft | name = Chester Goon | logo = | logo_size = | image = Chester Goon photo L'Aerophile November 1938.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [Air racer](/source/Air_racer) | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [United States of America](/source/United_States_of_America) | manufacturer = | design_group = | designer = [Art Chester](/source/Art_Chester) | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1938 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Chester Goon''' aka '''The Chester Special #2''' was a single-engine [taildragger](/source/taildragger)-configuration [monoplane](/source/monoplane) [racer](/source/Air_racing) built for the 1938 [National Air Races](/source/National_Air_Races). ==Design and development== [Art Chester](/source/Art_Chester) followed on his successful air racer the "[Jeep](/source/Chester_Jeep)"" with the Goon. "Goon", like "Jeep" was named after characters in [Popeye](/source/Popeye) cartoons and comic strips. The Goon was built with a conventional welded steel tube frame and [fabric covering](/source/Aircraft_fabric_covering). The wings used [spruce](/source/spruce) [spar](/source/spar_(aviation))s and [plywood](/source/plywood) covering. The mid-wing taildragger aircraft featured short-legged retractable landing gear. The engine was prepared to turn clockwise (as normal for [some British inlines](/source/de_Havilland_Gipsy_Six) of the era) in anticipation of mounting a custom French propeller, but the propeller was also customized for American engines, and the engine needed to be modified again to rotate normally.{{cite web|title=Chester Goon|url=http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Chester-Goon-Racer.html|accessdate =5 May 2011}} During the 1956 rebuild, a 190 hp [Lycoming O-435-1](/source/Lycoming_O-435) engine was installed in place of the Menasco, including a cut down Beech-Roby propeller and wheel brakes. ==Operational history== *1938 Placed second in the Greve Trophy Races of the [National Air Races](/source/National_Air_Races) with a speed of {{convert|250.42|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}. *1938 Thompson Trophy - Has to drop out after failure of prop. *1939 National Air Races - First place at {{convert|263.39|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, winning the Greve Trophyhttps://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/greve-trophy/nasm_A19820414000 and $9000.{{cite book|title=Cleveland's National Air Races|author=Thomas G. Matowitz}} *1939 Thompson Trophy - Dropped out with engine trouble. In 1939 [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox) featured the Goon in the movie series [Tailspin Tommy](/source/Tailspin_Tommy). By 1956, the Goon was purchased in unflyable condition. On December 23, 1957, the rebuilt Goon was test flown by Harvey Mace at [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento%2C_California).{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=June 1958}} The Goon was purchased in 1991 by the [Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum](/source/Crawford_Auto-Aviation_Museum) and was awaiting restoration in [Macedonia, Ohio](/source/Macedonia%2C_Ohio).{{cite web|title=1937 Chester Special|url=http://www.wrhs.org/index.php/crawford/1937chester|date=5 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180218/http://www.wrhs.org/index.php/crawford/1937chester|archivedate=25 July 2011}} ==Specifications (Chester Goon)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=EAA |prime units?=kts |genhide= |crew=One |capacity= |length m= |length ft=20 |length in=6 |length note= |span m= |span ft=18 |span in=6 |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general= |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[Menasco C-6-S Buccaneer](/source/Menasco_C-6-S_Buccaneer) |eng1 type= 6-cyl. air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=450 |prop blade number=2 |prop name=French Ratier Controllable |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop note= |perfhide=Y |max speed kmh= |max speed mph=263.39 |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }} ==See also== {{aircontent |see also= |related= *[Chester Jeep](/source/Chester_Jeep) |similar aircraft= |lists= }} ==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}} {{Art Chester aircraft}} Category:Racing aircraft Category:Mid-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1938 Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chester Goon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Goon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Goon?action=history)). 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