extra 400
Love my Extra 400
Done 450hrs on it, flown it through thunderstorms,rain snow, ice
It is an exceptionally well built airplane.
twin alternators twin fuel pumps twin vacuum pumps , A/c, Aux heater
FIKI-Teflon/Ethane boots, full heated windshield, hot prop,
Dual heated pitot static system.
The first few aircraft engines had some reliability issues.
My plane had 1200 hrs on it when I bought it.
I bought a custom built RAM V engine for it.
RAM upgrades c-421 with the cont tsiol 550 B engines
It is the same engine with configuration differences.
The benefit of the TSIOL 550 is.
Can fly in -40 f without concern.*
No chance of shock cooling
cylinder head temps are always around 250 F
The plane carries 700lbs on full fuel 106 gallons
It handles like a sports car. The high wing and high wing
loading handles turbulence extremely well.
We typically fly between 16 and 24000 ft
Cabin differential is 5.5psi 8000. ft at 24000ft
will do 190 kts 15.5g/hr fl220 65% pwr
220 kts 22g/hr fl220 75% pwr
235 kts 30 g/hr fl250 85% pwr
Down sides In summer flightplan for 3500 ft runways
the plane was designed to fly high it prefers cold air,
A lot of good thought and engineering were put into this plane
1999 technology instead of 1950's for anything comparable