Well, I have about 30 flights on it now, and am having a lot of fun with it! Even though the design is a bit older than the current 80" Extras, I am very pleased with how this design can perform the modern 3D moves with its relatively small elevators. I'm also very pleased with how it performs precision maneuvers. While I'm competing in the Intermediate class now, I have taken this plane through the Advanced sequence a couple times and it handles it with ease. The plane was built totally stock with the exception of double beveled rudder and elevators. Weight is estimated at 16 pounds.
At the IMAC event last weekend I let a more capable pilot (who was flying a borrowed 29% Aeroworks Edge in Advanced) fly it after the competition and he was very impressed with it. He said it snapped much better than the Edge, and he was performing some awesome moves with it including a climbing inverted flat spin, rolling Elevator to Torque Roll, sequence maneuvers, and other fun stuff.
I'm still working on decent rolling harriers, but in this vid you can see the plane do some Blenders, Waterfalls, Harriers, Torque Rolling, Super Snaps, and a couple other maneuvers. For an 80" plane I'm very happy! Hope you like the vid, I'm no TOC pilot but it is a fun plane to fly! If you are building one, it is worth it!
Here's my setup:
Midwest Extra 300XS, airfoil tail
Engine: Brison 3.2, Zinger 22x8
Servos: JR 4131 on ailerons and elevators, 4721 on rudder, Futaba 9404 on throttle
Radio: Futaba 9C, 149DP receiver
http://www.rcsites.net/flyfalcons/RyansMWExtra.wmv
More info on this plane
here
Thanks to JohnVH for taking and editing the vid!!