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Meet the aircraft
Extra groups the original 300, 300/S and 300/L under separate model headings in its technical library. The library also covers newer 330 variants, including the separately documented 330LT.
Aircraft background
Extra · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Patty Wagstaff 360-degree airshow in an Extra 300
An in-cockpit perspective on Patty Wagstaff's aerobatic routine.
Real Extra 300; aerobatic display
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Meet Extra 300 family
Extra groups the original 300, 300/S and 300/L under separate model headings in its technical library. The library also covers newer 330 variants, including the separately documented 330LT.
History & design
A two-seat aerobatic development
The Extra 300 prototype first flew on 6 May 1988 while the Extra 260 was also being developed. It brought lessons from the 230 and 260 into Extra’s first two-seat aircraft, powered by a six-cylinder, 300 hp Lycoming.
Extra Aircraft · Extra milestones: 1988 ↗Manufacturer milestones: original two-seat Extra 300, 1988
Composite wings and competition debut
The new wing combined a carbon-fibre spar with composite skin. Three pilots introduced the Extra 300 at the 1988 World Aerobatic Championship; the manufacturer records 68 original Extra 300s built between 1988 and 1998. Later 300-family variants should be identified separately.
Extra Aircraft · Extra milestones: 1988 ↗Manufacturer milestones: original two-seat Extra 300, 1988
The 1988 competition debut
Walter Extra, Eric Müller and Frank Gerstenberg introduced the two-seat 300 at the 1988 World Aerobatic Championship. They appeared alongside pilots still competing in the earlier 230, so the new type’s arrival was a transition within an active competition family. The manufacturer records Müller placing sixth in the final freestyle with the 300, while Clint McHenry placed fourth with a 230. That early competition record predates the later 300L, 300S and other family variants.
Extra Aircraft · Extra milestones: 1988 ↗Extra Aircraft 1988 programme history
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Aircraft background
Extra technical publicationsExtra · Separate model handbooks; some downloads require manufacturer registration.Aircraft history
Extra milestones: 1988Extra Aircraft · Manufacturer milestones: original two-seat Extra 300, 1988Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 3 profile choices
Extra 300L
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
Aircraft reference · Manual starting point
Extra 300L: Reversible stick loading supplies the chosen aerobatic response.
Extra 300S
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
Aircraft reference · Manual starting point
Extra 300S: Reversible stick loading supplies the chosen aerobatic response.
Extra 300
Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Partial review
Aircraft reference · Manual starting point
Direct mechanical aerobatic controls, with separate pitch and roll loading and pitch-trim relief.
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