AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2021 - 55

John Mohr (left) and Brian Van Wagnen
(right) have a great deal in common:
airline flying careers, and both are
maintenance experts and seaplane
owners and instructors. But on this day,
they're advocates for their airplanes
and competitors. They each want their
airplane to win.
even destroy the airplane. Fail to respond
properly and promptly to an engine failure
and the Widgeon won't climb.
" The Widgeon's got some idiosyncrasies
on the water with porpoising " Van
Wagnen said. " But that's no big deal. It's all
about training. Once you know the airplane
and understand what's going on, it's an
incredibly fun and capable airplane to fly. "
WATER WORLD
Our fly-off began with a series of water
takeoffs and landings performed individually
on a narrow lake at an elevation of about
1,200 feet msl. Both airplanes carried about
60 gallons of fuel with two people aboard.
The Gull had a faster approach speed
and flew final approach at about 85 mph,
roughly 10 mph higher than the Widgeon,
and touched down at 80. By using reverse
thrust after touchdown in the Gull, however,
both airplanes stopped in about the
same distance.
" Reverse thrust is just cheating, " Van
Wagnen said of his rival. " Not fair. "
Water takeoffs are surprisingly short in
both airplanes. The Gull gets off the water
in about 12 seconds, and the Widgeon is
airborne in the same amount of time. Even
though the Gull is a much heavier airplane,
its big, thick wing and long flaps provide
enough lift at low speed to make up for the
additional weight.
Result: A draw.
SLOW FLIGHT
Decelerating side by side at an altitude of
4,500 feet with flaps and landing gear up,
the Gull and Widgeon remained steady and
easily controllable to about 70 mph. Then
their control responses became sluggish
and their airspeed indicators became unreliable
at high angles of attack.
The Gull is much heavier than the
Widgeon, but the Italian design has a longer
wing with more area.
Both pilots reported mild airframe
buffeting at 67 mph and the Widgeon's
stall break took place at 62 mph indicated
while the Gull kept flying. The stall break
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