Homebuilding is the solution that more people are discovering to the high cost of owning an aircraft. "13,467 Homebuilts registered - that many more under construction... As manufactures drop out, kit builders assemble state-of-the-art aircraft"
     --Wall Street Journal, December 11, 1991

If you can assemble a bicycle or a go-kart, you can own a modern, full-featured aircraft for the price of an off-road vehicle. You supply the engine and instruments and use the Magic in your hands to complete the Glass Goose yourself! The kit is complete with fuselage, wings, canopy, wheels, brakes, tires and all the hardware necessary to complete the airframe, landing gear, and control systems. The assembly instructions are clear and concise and you won't have to worry about doing welding or machine shop work. In fact, up to the final wing attachment, you can build the Glass Goose with common hand tools in a two-car garage!

The Glass Goose is a refined, state-of-the-art composite aircraft in kit form, enabling the purchaser to own a truly fine aircraft for the price of an off-road vehicle. Being amphibious, it provides capabilities impossible for mere land planes and being composite, it is not subject to problems common to other airplanes such as corrosion. The training and support from Quikkit take the mystery and effort out of the kit building process and substantially shorten building time.
 

Miracle of Composites
Advanced composites are the leading edge technology of modern aircraft design, offering many advantages:

• Exceptional strength to weight ratios (especially important in amphibians).
• High corrosion resistance for worry-free use (VERY important in amphibians).
• Stainless Steel weldments - again for trouble free corrosion resistance.
• Air tight for quiet and comfortable cockpit.
• Less maintenance, much easier to repair.
• Leak-free and literally unsinkable with a Kevlar hull.
• Lighter weight for bigger payload.
• Carbon fiber used in critical areas for maximum strength and lighter weight.
• Longer life expectancy.
• Greater resistance to fatigue.

A Builders Perspective

Paul Proulx: Before starting to build my Glass Goose, I had never worked with epoxy composites in my life. With the two days of training at the factory and the superb instruction manual included, I was ready to get started right on the airplane. The manual begins explaining the basic techniques of working with composites and the tools required and builds your skills from there. The manual starts with the first layups in a non-critical and less visible part of the airplane. By the time you are where workmanship counts, your skills have been honed to the point where there are no worries.

The great thing about building the Glass Goose is, there are no really expensive tools required. A saber saw, rotary grinder, drill press, hair dryer and sanding blocks are the most used tools in building. The neatest and most indispensable tool I bought were permanent sanding blocks from a company called Perma-Grit.

Overall, the project has been pretty easy and lots of fun.