Big Radials Grumman Goose - First Look Review - MSFS 2020 

In the mid 80’s, I remember seeing a well-restored Navy version when we landed at Clearlake (N. California). Gorgeous. Seeing this model and HEARING the full-fidelity, throaty engine SOUND in MSFS brings back vivid memories.

I'm so in love with this bird. 😍 I begged them to make the "Navy" livery. It is based on a real aircraft owned by Pemberton & Sons, not ironically based in Washington State. I would not be surprised if their bird has actually been to Orcas. Sterling review as always! Cheers!!

best sounding radial engines i have heard on the sim, if this aircraft makes over to the dark side, then windows will always be open

fully agree, that is an incredible plane, worthy of hanging out in your hangar to pull out on those nostalgic days

I LOVE that hidden control panel, wow, this looks amazing

Your reviews are the best avangel!! Always looking forward for them.

As someone who worked with and around these last summer, this was pretty cool to see 😄 will definitely be picking this up. Sounds are bang on

Thank you for this great review! Have you heard of the 1980s American TV show "Tales of the Gold Monkey"? The Goose was in the show and as a boy, I loved it. I can't wait to try it out in the sim! Cheers!

Very nice - Would like to see you work this into some adventure flights. Maybe something tropical. Perhaps dropping off supplies to The Dharma Initiative.. :P

Well AvAngel, you gone and done it again, I'm hooked on another classic aircraft again! I'm headed over to "BigRadilals" to drop my $27.00 and pickup my copy of this outstanding plane to my stable. I didn't find anything detrimental to my taste, or unsightly to my ears. I have to say those radial engines are the most realistic yet! As usual, another fantastic review, of a gorgeous classic! Thanks so much for what your doing.

I had no idea an updated Goose was in the works! This one looks great, will be getting it. Thanks for the review!

The one plane I've been waiting for, I see the Goose....and I must have one!

I love those low idle engine sounds. Nice review.

Great review. Shows almost all model features, hatches and more. Nighttime instrumentation lighting. Landing on the water from different angles. Sounds. Way to go AvAngel!!! The exterior model is excellent quality. In the interior most of the textures are just as good. Except the dashboard is a little disappointing. Not very expressive texture, everything is flat. Almost no reflection on the dashboards. The "carenado" is doing better so far. But in general, quite a decent product. There's just a little bit of tweaking left to do.

I definitely think the boat hull style playing nicer with physics theory has a ton of truth to it, as I experienced the same thing when I did a test flight in the FrenchVFR Catalina. It's smooth as silk on the water as well. Maybe one day they'll fix water physics across the board so I can enjoy my straight floats!

There is currently a serious issue with this bird which Big Radials are aware of, and say will be fixed soon. I usually fly with a friend, and we both bought this plane yesterday. When we tried to fly together we discovered that while our own aircraft looked gorgeous, the other looked like something made from cereal boxes by a childrens' tv presenter. It rather took the shine off the evening. So if you plan to fly with other people, you may want to hold off until the fix arrives. If you only plan to fly alone, then no problem, it is a nice aircraft.

Had same issue as you on startup. Read the procedure. You gotta prime a cold engine. And you prime it by pumping the throttle levers from min to max repeatedly about 4 times and then it starts after a few seconds of holding starter in :)

Many thanks for yet another detailed review. I watched it yesterday and decided that this is the latest 'must have' addon. I was too busy later to comment or take action but rest assured I will be attacking my PayPal account ASAP! At £21 the value is superb. My bank manager will soon insist that I stop watching your videos! Thanks again.

Just forgot to give the manual fuel pump a couple of cranks, otherwise she would have started. Nice review thanks.

Great review and awesome airplane with a long history of service! 👍 Thank you for this video!

Now we are talking, one of my favourite sea planes of all times. External textures to me are a bit on the Substance Painter side. Not there is anything wrong with that, but I feel it lacks a bit of manual painting of areas were more wear and tear would appear.

Another great review! This has become one of my favorite flight sim channels on RU-vid!! As you were reaching around in the dark looking for your interior light switches, I kept shouting, “use your flashlight!“ I tend to forget that that feature exists until I need it. I mapped it to my “F” key very early on, and it does come in handy in times like that! Something else you may consider for future reviews, unless you’re on a specific timetable… if you’re going to add reviews on the textures, you may consider reviewing any additional default liveries that come with the product. Some may be better than others. Just a thought to consider. 😉

I pick up something new, interesting and or amusing with every one of your videos Ms. Angel. Makes my morning every time I get a subscription alert that you've dropped something new. And who doesn't love a low speed burble in the morning?. Thumbs up given, NO BUG BEARS HERE! XD

Love it! Thank you for your consistent magic. Barty

Loved the review!! Thanks a lot for showing us this beauty of a plane. Very entertaining, full of humour, and full of useful information, as usual haha. I’m definitely going to buy this after seeing your video. Cheers!!

It flies very nicely. The only problem I have with it is that, when compared to real Gooses (Geese?), it seems to sit quite low in the water, especially at the tail end.

I love and watch ALL your videos Avangel eyes, but I so wish you would add just a pinch of wind. Maybe 5-7 MPH. (I live in Idaho so miles per hour...lol). The water looks Soooo much better with texture, and you do most of your flying around the water, or even IN the water in this case! Also... jacks up the skill level just a tad...😉

Great first impressions. I really like the looks and sounds of this Goose. Excellent value for the asking price. I just purchased it and am loving it. Still getting a hang of the start up.

Why does no one point out the bad and low res textures the way they do for other planes. Or the fact that the GPS and radios do not work, that the plane has a load of bugs? Did I mention the rain effects that appear on the screen of the GPS? The looping of the high frequency sounds during climb and cruise? I just want to see fair reviews. If BlackBox sims had made this plane, it would be destroyed.

Very good review👍 what a beautiful plane with a real character. For only 20Euros an excellent buy. Thank you very much and take care.

I’m pretty sure the Big Radials developers also did the freeware goose redux. Both are beautifully done and I love how there is now both an early and late model goose in fs2020.

Aaaah! I don't have enough time to fly all the planes I already have, I just bought the Beechcraft Model 18 after watching your video on it, and now I want this one.

👌🤩💞♾👁🙏 Thanks for Sharing... Excellent presentation and review. Fantastic Voice!😉 Keep following that inner Guidance. We are All Appreciating and enjoying. God Bless.🙏

That sound is amazing! Looks like a definite purchase! I miss my FSX Goose!

I can practically smell that old vintage oily goodness.

You forgot to use the manual pump, that may be why the engines were not starting.

I like the Big Radials Goose better than the one that came with the 40th anniversary update. The BR Goose has the gyropilot.

"OH look at that sound!" - couldn't have said it better myself.

I'd been flying the freeware OzX Goose port that was being worked on before the dev joined Big Radials. It had it's issues (being unfinished) but was a fun plane to fly. Not sure if I'll get this since I've been having trouble getting enough sim time lately to make additional purchases worth it.

I still need to buy the game, but I am so very glad that they have the Grumman Goose in the game!!!

your welcome it was me who got this plane in the game after hours of trying to contact them but its not the plane i asked them for i asked them for the spruce goose but i guess part of the message did not get threw but it may if everyone asked for it tho

I believe at the start, you were cranking the left engine instead of the right 😂,

I love the Goose since FSX, now only if I could afford to get a PC that can run FS2020 properly... I would get this bird for flying FSEconomy with :P

Before starting the engines, you must operate the fuel pump a few times to build up fuel pressure!

Cutter's Goose! (Yes, I grew up watching Tales Of The Gold Monkey) I think this might just be my favourite plane in the sim (At least right now) I had a few teething troubles initially (pilot error) managing my fuel consumption and keeping the engines from smoking, but once I settled into the rhythm I found so much joy in taking to the sky. My only complaint is there is no model of Jack The Mutt for the co-pilot seat. Nobody rocks an eye-patch like Jack! Finally, one question though, am I being dumb or is there no fuel gauge? If so, where the heck is it?

Great video , think this is now my favourite float plane

I'm slightly dissapointed that she doesn't come with a talespin livery

Thanks AV ☺

don't you know...? there will ever be a tower view,fly-by view and record function??????

If I may: biiig typo in the title.

18:10 You have a head lamp you can turn on in the dark, How do you think you startup cold and dark in the night? wait for morning?

Looked great. Spent my $30 on it....crashes MSFS to desktop every time I move the hat switch right to check settings for takeoff. No other aircraft I have has the same problem. So, I have no critique on the product since I can't fly it. Out $30 unless I can find a fix.

I’m really liking this one!!

I just burned down left engine... interesting product...

Alright, I've watched all your reviews. I'd be curious to see your take on the J-3 cub in the marketplace.

Gracias un buen video, saludos

Pretty good job but you should reduce prop RPM after takeoff.

Groovy ride..

Really a beauty. Can you tell me if there is enough differences from the freeware version to justify a buy ? I have flown the freeware and it was great. There are so many great planes to buy.

Wonderful review

you might want to edit an entry with the title from "RAIDALS" to "RADIALS".

how do you get rid of the clicking sound while flying and do you get it

AvAngel do you have "reflections" set to ultra in your graphics settings? If it is not, then perhaps that's why there are no reflections of devices in the night light.

You briefly mentioned the freeware version by the same developer before moving on to talk about the FSX port version. How well does the freeware version stack up to this new payware?

Ooh did you wobble the pump?

Is it possible to do flight simulation without spending an arm and leg on hardware? What's the minimum setup to be successful?

wheres the primer

Totally not my kind of plane. Clunky, worn, dirty. I'm 100% buying it.