Extra EA-230

what is it?

The Extra 230 was a single-seat aerobatic aircraft developed in Germany in the early 1980s. Designed by aerobatic pilot Walter Extra based on the layout of the Laser 200 he was previously flying, the Extra 230 was a conventional (if short-coupled) mid-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and a wire-braced empennage. The fuselage and empennage were of steel tube construction, but the wings were wooden.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 352 km/htop speed
• size 560 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 43 years ago, in 1983.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1983-07-14

status

still flying

number built

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role

aerobatic sportsplane

engines

1× Lycoming AEIO-360-A1E

crew

1

length

5.8 m

wingspan

7.4 m

height

1.7 m

max take-off weight

560 kg

top speed

352 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.