Bryant330L
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I got a couple of flights on the 260 today. It was a perfect afternoon with little wind and perfect temps in the mid 70s. At 23 3/4 lbs the BME 100 was plenty of power, which I knew it would be. This plane is different than the other 33%+ planes that I have owned. Kind of hard to put my finger on the exact difference, but it is a little different. I am not the worlds smoothest nor am I any kind of Imac pilot, but I could tell this plane is just super smooth. Very responsive, stops on a dime with snaps,rolls and spins. I think this plane can make some waves in Imac. This alone makes it a fun plane to fly, because it makes me look smoother than I am. The 3D is not bad, but it does not 3D as easily or as well as my Columbo Anderson 34% Extra. The 260 is not hard to torque roll, and when you figure out the sweet spot it does a great harrier too. Harrier rolls are not hard,and the wingtip spin rocks! Elevators and walls are not that great. Instead of popping the nose up it just kind of mushes into them. Really, those 2 things are the only things I couldnt get it to do well. It just takes more work than my CA, but as Tom said this is more of a precision plane, that WILL 3d. On high rates it will snap if you aren't careful, but they if you are quick on the ailerons it is not hard to control. It slows right down for landings, and they are a non event. My CG is a little in front of the recommended point, so that will probably help the 3D when I move it back a little. All in all I like it and I think anyone who buys this plane will be happy with it. It is high quality in both build and flight. Particleman took some pictures so maybe he will post here. He also flew it so maybe he has an opinion on how it flys.
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RE: Extra 260 build and fly review - 
,Hows Toledo going Tom ?
. As far as 3D type stuff it settled into a nice harrier with little to no effort to hold steady. Once the plane was in a torque roll it held very easy, the rudder is very effective when the plane is stalled from what I could tell, making it easy to stand back up if you get over to far. Parachutes like bryant330l said, don't really bring the nose of the plane up, I even got a bit of a dropped wing. Overall I liked it.
