All great words of advice here… Let me add some things that I have learned as well as far as my CMP arf experience is concerned. I have the 120 size extra 300. It must be boldly stated that the manual for my plan flat out sux!! Mine is so poorly written that it shows mounting the control horns for the elevator to the stab itself, not even the elevator. The only documentation that I am even considering going with is the recommended CG location. I am going to put all the measurements in on one of the online CG calculators and go with that and see where the results take me between the two.

The Extra Kit itself is nicely done. I showed it to my Grandfather (decades of kit building experience) who went over it with a fine tooth comb and really had no complaints with the aircraft itself. The hardware that came with it on the other hand is a joke. I would strongly recommend doing away with everything that it comes with and purchase good quality hardware. The main struts are way to thick and way to stiff. One hard landing and the Fuz is going to be toast.

The Covering on the plane had absolutely NO wrinkles of any kind, the trim job though peels easily and I am sure at some point after a few flights will in fact peel off.


In a nut shell great looking plane, awesome price, nice build, crappy hardware.