Quikkit Glass Goose

{{short description|Two-seat biplane amphibious kit aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name=Glass Goose | image=File:Aero Gare Seahawk.jpg | caption=Aero Gare Seahawk | type=[[Amateur-built aircraft]] | national_origin=[[United States]] | manufacturer=[[Quikkit]] | designer=Tom Scott | first_flight= | introduction=1982 | retired= | status=Production completed (2013) | primary_user= | more_users=  | produced=  | number_built= | developed_from= | variants=}} The '''Quikkit Glass Goose''' is an American two-seat [[biplane]] [[amphibious aircraft]], designed by Tom Scott and marketed for [[homebuilt aircraft|homebuilding]] by [[Quikkit]] of [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name = "Aerocrafter">{{Citation | last = Purdy | first = Don | title = AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook | edition = 5th | page = 231 | publisher = BAI Communications | date = 15 July 1998 | isbn = 0-9636409-4-1}}.</ref>

The Glass Goose is based on the earlier Sea Hawker, which was designed by Garry LeGare in 1982 and sold through his firm Aero Gare as the '''Sea Hawk''' and, later, '''Sea Hawker'''. LeGare sold the rights to the aircraft to [[Aero Composites]] in 1986, which sold them again two years later to (unrelated) Aero Composite Technologies.<ref name = "WDLA11">{{Citation | last1 = Bayerl | first1 = Robby | first2 = Martin | last2 = Berkemeier | others = et al | title = World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12 | journal = World Directory of Light Aviation | page = 116 | publisher = WDLA | place = Lancaster, UK | year = 2011 | issn = 1368-485X}}.</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16'', p. 121. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>

==Design and development== Tom Scott purchased a Sea Hawker kit in October 1984 and completed the aircraft in March 1986, constructing the aircraft according to the plans. He was not happy with the resulting aircraft and over five years incorporated improvements to address performance and stability shortcomings. The final design has more wing area, a larger hull surface and improved pylon aerodynamics, plus many other improvements. This redesign became the Glass Goose kit.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The Glass Goose features a cantilever biplane layout, without [[interplane strut]]s, a two-seats-in-[[side-by-side configuration]] enclosed cockpit under a [[bubble canopy]], retractable [[tricycle landing gear]] and a single engine in [[pusher configuration]].<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>

The aircraft is made from composites. Its {{convert|27|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert |12|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. Standard engines used are {{convert|160|to|185|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Lycoming Engines|Lycoming]]s, although the eight-cylinder {{convert|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Jabiru 5100]] and [[Mazda]] [[Wankel engine]]s have also been employed.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>

In 2013, ''Kitplanes'' Magazine reported that they could not reach the Quikkit Division of Rainbow Flyers, Inc., the Glass Goose kit manufacturer, so they considered the design unavailable.<ref name="buyers_guide_2013_kitplanes">Bernard, Mary: [https://www.kitplanes.com/2013-kit-aircraft-buyers-guide/ ''2013 Kit Aircraft Buyer’s Guide,''] October 18, 2012, ''Kitplanes'' Magazine, retrieved July 4, 2023</ref>

==Specifications (Glass Goose)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl and Tacke<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=8.23 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=12 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=408 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=816 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|70|u.s.gal}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Lycoming O-320]] |eng1 type=four cylinder, air-cooled, [[four stroke]] [[aircraft engine]] |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=160

|perfhide=

|max speed kmh=257 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=225 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=68 |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=6 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=68 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Quikkit Glass Goose}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.glassgoose.com/ Official website archives] on [[Archive.org]] *[https://www.kitplanes.com/buyers-guide/glass-goose/ "Glass Goose"], ''Buyer's Guide,'' in ''Kitplanes'' Magazine *[https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/kits-and-plans/r---s/sea-hawk-sea-hawker-glass-goose "Sea Hawk / Sea Hawker / Glass Goose,"] EAA (summary data and index of related articles in EAA publications). * [https://www.eaa838.org/builder-s-projects "Builder: Wayne Peach; Aircraft: Sea Hawker / Glass Goose"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704193842/https://www.eaa838.org/builder-s-projects |date=4 July 2023 }}, in "Projects", in "Builder's Projects", EAA Chapter 838.

[[Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft]] [[Category:1980s United States civil utility aircraft]] [[Category:Flying boats]] [[Category:Amphibious aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Quikkit aircraft|Glass Goose]] [[Category:Biplanes]]