Extra EA-400. Specifications. A photo.

2016-01-06

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Extra EA-400 - lightweight six-seater single-engine multi-purpose aircraft, manufactured by the German aircraft manufacturer «Extra Flugzeugbau GmbH» with 1996 years.

Photo Extra EA-400

Work on the creation of a multi-purpose passenger and cargo aircraft were German engineers, aircraft designers over 6 years, while themselves developing in the process underwent a number of changes and additions, which ultimately led to greatly increased the price of one aircraft, which is why the popularity of the aircraft was very mediocre.

The main and primary reason why this aircraft began to be designed was the demand for a multipurpose aircraft capable of carrying both passengers by air, taking into account the possibility of flying on local airlines, and carrying out the transportation of small cargo. If at the first stages of design the project promised to become very popular, then, ultimately, the production of Extra EA-400 aircraft was very limited - over the entire production period, only a dozen of these aircraft were built.

Extra EA-400 photo

The airplane Extra EA-400 has small dimensions - the length of the aircraft is less than 10 meters with the wingspan of 11,5 meters, but in spite of this, it is able to carry up to 5 passengers, without taking into account one pilot, Mass of the order of 569 kilogram. The maximum range of this aircraft is about 2889 kilometers. While, due to the limited maximum payload and free space in the cabin, the aircraft is very rarely used at distances over thousands of kilometers due to the inappropriateness.

As the power plant in an airplane models Extra EA-400 uses a turbocharged six-cylinder piston aircraft engine Continental TSIOL-550-C Voyager, capable of developing a thrust of 350 hp The maximum of the aircraft airspeed is approximately 385 km \ h. However, due to the above drawbacks, it is likely only a small positive torque.

Cabin Extra EA-400

The most significant reason for the aircraft Extra EA-400 not gained popularity, is the extremely high cost component, as of early 2014 year, about one million dollars, which of course is largely higher than that of more advanced aircraft of this type .

Subsequently, the German developers offered to strengthen the fuselage of the aircraft and installed on the aircraft turboprop aircraft engine, however, due to the virtual absence of demand for this model, from the decision was made to abandon.