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Are you looking to be able to move a Goose fuselage by truck or something?
Tomorrow, I could actually go out and measure an actual fuselage and let you know the exact measurements sometime tomorrow evening after I get home from work.
As of right now, I have access only to some scale drawings. According to the drawings, the fuselage is exactly 5 feet wide at its widest point, essentially the Hull Sta. 13 (aft cockpit/forward cabin) bulkhead that you referenced. It is also about 9 feet high from the bottom center of the keel to the top of the wing at that point.
Because the cockpit "dome" and the main cabin roof also extend as high as the top of the wing on each side of it (fore & aft that is) it is good not to measure only to the top of the bulkheads at Stas. 13 and 16, to which the wing bolts, even if the wing center section is removed.
The USN "Standard Characteristics" Pilot's Quick Reference Guide that I have says that in level flight attitude, the height from the bottom of the MLG (extended) to the top of the rudder is 15 feet, 11 inches.
It also says that sitting on its wheels on the ground, the highest point on a Goose is the top of the prop arcs which are 14 feet, 6 1/2 inches off the ground, such as you would need for hangar door clearance for example.
If it would help, send me a PM with your e-mail address and I can send you some of these diagrams...
-Dave
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