Hi, I just got this aircraft from a club member who said he has had it for 7 years or so. I don't know if it is an ARF. I am told it is an Extra. I don't know if it is a 330 or not. The wingspan is about 52 inches. The wings are foam with sheeting. Does anyone know?

Bob

It might be an Extra, but a 230 or 260 I'd guess? They had more of a shoulder mounted wing. The 300 and 330 wing is lower on the fuse.

Looks to me like an edge 540

Nah m8, the LE is swept, means it is an Extra, probably a 260. Didn't hobico make an ARF one a few years ago?

Im guessing an Extra 260, and I would also guess it to be an older discontinued ARF. I can make no guess as to who the manufacturer was though.

whatever kind of plane it is, it sure looks like fun!

i agree it sure looks like the EZ extra 260 Arf I had in the early 90's, but the color scheme was different on mine, don't know if they had other schemes or not. Plane was fun, but it was a little heavy I thought.

It's not the hobbico one, as that had crazy ABS mouldings and all sorts of crap all over it.

It's far too clean for the hobbico.

This aircraft has an ABS cockpit and cowling. It appears to be wood other than that. The hobbico tail parts shown at tower for the Extra 300 .60 has the same color scheme. But as someone noted earlier, this wing is too high to baa 300. I am just about ready to mount the engine. My only problem is where to put the CG?

Bob

Measure from the leading edge back to the trailing edge. Then set your cg at 25% of that measurement back from the leading edge. You may want it just a tad nose heavy at that setting. Nose heavy Planes are much easier to control than a tail heavy one. That should get you close enough to do some test flying. Then you can tweak the cg based on how it flys. Sorry I don't know the exact C.G, but someone might show up in here yet that knows exactly what Plane it is, and where the cg should be.

The plane is not an Extra. It's an Edge 540. Check out the position of the wing on the centre-line. Extras have a lower wing.

I don't know who makes it from the paintwork.

I can tell you exactly what it is its a hobbico 40 size Extra 300S. S stands for shoulder wing. I had one years ago so I know exactly what it is

I can see where the Plane does have similarities to the edge, but not all extras have a low wing like the Extra 300, and some others. Here is a link[link]http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/extra260.htm[/link] of an Extra 260 flown by Patty Wagstaff in the early 90's. It is currently displayed in the Smithsonian. You can clearly see that the wing position is up higher on the fuse much like the edge.

I don't doubt that you may have had one, but here is a photo of my Great Planes 300s. As you can see the wing is down lower, and the "S" does not stand for shoulder mounted on my particular Extra 300S.

I hate it when I am wrong! Gamerboy is 100% correct! I did some research, and the Plane is indeed a Hobbico Extra 300. Here are some photos, and also a link to a website that has a ton of good assembly information about this Plane. Mystery solved by Gamerboy!
[link]http://www.longfordmodels.com/Docs/instantreplay.html[/link]

The hobbico looks right. But unless they made a different version, This one is a clone. The Hobbico wing has dowls in the LE of the wing to mount it. This one has plywood extensions of the number one ribs. The Hobbico has more scale landing gear that is curled. This is a straight bend. This has a one piece cowl where as Hobbico has a three piece cowl. The hobboco has a balances rudder, and this one doesn't.

Did someone like global or WM make a knockoff?

Bob