Hi,
Has anybody out there been lucky enough to fly both the Extreme Flight Extra 300 (45" wingspan) and one of the Mini Flitons ie the Mini Edge or Extra to be able to compare their flight characteristics.
Ideally I'd prefer the smaller wingspan as it's easier to put in the back of the car and also able to get longer flight times without having to change my current batteries Flight Power 2170's although at the end of the day would go for the one that "flies better" and if one was more forgiving than the other again would tend to go that way especially if one had bad stall characteristics.
In terms of my ability I'm doing advanced areobatics (rolls, slow rolls, blenders etc) and am just starting to learn Knife Edge, whilst I can Harrier on a simulator am starting to play with it at a high level with my Acromaster so again am lookig for the most forgiving / floaty and easiest to learn full 3D (Harriers, rolling harriers, prop hanging etc) with.
Any advice much appreciated as always, would also be interested if anyone has flown the E-Flight Mini Edge 540 as well.
Neville

Ive flown the EF Extra, the Seagull Extra, Most of the Fliton planes, E-flite Edge, GP Yak, Hyperion planes. etc.

The EF Extra is a nice flying plane, built pretty well, but the horizontal stab needs reinforcement. Good flight charectoristics, tends to have late stall charectoristics (it will harrier and then once you get it past a certain point, drops like a rock)
The Seagull Extra is a personal favorite. It also needs horizontal stab reinforcement. Fantastic for aerobatics, not perticularly great for 3D maneuvers. Does MEAN snap rolls, KE and rolling maneuvers. Inverted harriers are clean with a little practice.
The Fliton Minis, all need wing reinforcements with the exception of the Rogue3D. Most of the mini's are mediocre flyers, they can be decent 3D planes if built light. The Rogue3D isnt really a 3D plane, more of a pattern type plane good for precision aerobatics.
The E-flite Edge 540...dont care much for it at all. It just doesnt have the wingarea needed and in my opinion is an obsolete design. It tends to be either underpowered, or overpowered and fast. Has virtually no good slow speed charectoristics, and tends to be jittery and kinda flitty in the air.

Id take a serious look at the SebArt Katana. I recently flew a friends, and it was probably the absolute best flying one to date. I liked it better than anything else Ive flown. Its rock solid stable in KE, and doesnt have any bad tendancies, and really follows the "tracks like its on rails" thing. Its the first plane Ive seen that is capable of good pattern aerobatics as well as 3D....and honestly...I didnt think there was such a plane. Its very lightweight...remarkably lightweight. Its kinda weird. You can pull the power off, and it will glide like a sailplane, nice and floaty landing approaches. But it doesnt feel balloony or touchy like some superlightweight planes do. It does pretty well in the wind, and it doesnt seem affected by wind, yet still retains the floaty glide. It goes EXACTLY right where you point it. Fantastic airplane.
I plan on getting one for myself now that Ive personally seen what it flys like.

You should definately consider a Katana MD, weights 34 oz RTF including battery, wingspan is 46", here is a few videos of it:

http://aerofun3d.com/videos/KMDSEFF.wmv

http://aerofun3d.com/videos/KatanaMDV3M.wmv