Will you be selling the Extra with these wings?

Yes, that's the plan. We're doing a minor redesign, changing theplane from a 330LX to a 330SX, single place canopy. That huge canopy was always a manufacturing/shipping issue. The new plane will have the improved airfoil. OUr testing has shown it loses almost nothing in slow flight and greatly improves the precision stuff.

Though the size of the plane does not change, this makes the new plane 37% scale instead of 35%, since the "S" version of the full scale plane is smaller than the "L" version. I think the 37% designation more accurately describes how large this plane really is.

When will they be in stock?

Since we're now out of stock and the next container is about to leave with the 260s in it, we won't see any of these until mid April at the earliest.

Does the 35% Extra make a decent IMAC platform? How much coupling is there in the airframe?

With the original airfoil it makes a good IMAC platform for basic thru intermediate. When you get to advanced it seems like every maneuver includes some kind of snap element or a spin, and the plane is a little hard to snap well in certain circumstances. For example, a downline snap is tough because the plane doesn't want to stall no matter how hard you try because of the increasing airspeed.

The new airfoil will make an excellent IMAC platform all the way through unlimited.

There is very little coupling. Normal mixes are in the 1-3% range to get rid of any coupling.


I'm looking for the perfect airplane for a DA-100... it seems like the motor might be a little too heavy for the Extra 260 to still have good 3D performance... that's why I'm looking at the 35%... plus, bigger just looks so much better!

On the contrary, a DA-100 should be very exciting since the260 will be around 24.5 lbs with the DA. There's stillplenty of wing area and the power to weight will be excellent.

But I can't argue with the "bigger is better" idea.

TF