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The Aircraft - Extra 300L G-BZFR

The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300L is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed by Walter Extra, the famous German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau in Germany.

It is very strong, built from carbon fibre, kevlar and steel tubular frames, very light, less than a ton including the crew and has a wonderful powerful 9 litre 6 cylinder injected aero engine - specially prepared for this aircraft.

Operated by the military in France, Jordan, Malaysia and Chile and by civilian display teams across the world, including in the UK by 2Excel, "the Blades" comprising former Red Arrow RAF pilots.

Performance

Never exceed speed: 408 km/h (220 knot, 253 mph)
Cruise speed: 317 km/h (170 knot, 196 mph)
Stall speed: 102 km/h (55 knot, 63 mph)
Range: 944 km with auxiliary fuel (510 nmi, 586 statute mi)
Service ceiling: 4875 m (16,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 16 meters/s (3200 ft/min)
Roll Rate : 400 degrees per second

General characteristics

Capacity: two crew
Length: 6.95 m
Wingspan: 7.39 m
Height: 2.62 m
Wing area: 10.44 m²
Airfoil: symmetrical (no camber), zero incidence, zero dihedral zero anhedral
Empty weight: 682 kg
Loaded weight: 952 kg
Useful load: 270 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 952 kg
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 MT Propeller composite propeller (4-blade), 224 kW (300 hp)
Fuel capacity: 204 litres