I’m not sure what kind of Extra you were flying, but I can’t see how you could call them suburbans. I had a 330LX for a couple years and in no way would I consider it a plane for sight seeing and cruising around, unless you do it inverted. Visibility is not great. I used to enter the pattern when it was clear of traffic at about 170 ias for better visibility, and slip most of my way on final so I could see. You cross the fence at 90kts. Rudder, even in a 20kt cross wind requires only a little pressure, and minimal deflection. Ailerons are the same. I replaced it with an XCub that I use for just tooling around, as I got tired of practicing the the same maneuvers. Extras are great planes, and fun to fly, but not sightseeing taildraggees.

I think you took that a little too literally. He just meant that the gamebird is more responsive and more fun to fly than the extra. Not that it's literally like a suburban in it's weight carrying touring capacity

Some cool pictures of my airplane before I got it.

Butch

I think you took that a little too literally. He just meant that the gamebird is more responsive and more fun to fly than the extra. Not that it's literally like a suburban in it's weight carrying touring capacity

I guess I’d have to fly one to believe that. I read the roll rate on the GB is less than the Extra, for what that’s worth. There may be some competing somewhere, but I haven’t seen any.

I was responding to the OPs Suburban comment. It’s hard to imagine someone that’s flown an Extra 330LX calling it a Suburban. And, I suspect the air show maneuvers are more pilot specific than anything.

I’d take Doug at his word. Both for having flown both, but also understanding the aerodynamics, stability and control just a little bit more than the average pilot.

I used to teach at a museum whose director got to fly the Grumman F-8 at Duxford. He said the average P-51 owner would bulldoze his Mustang into a ditch if they got their hands on a Bearcat. Not disparaging the one airplane, just emphasizing how superlative the other is.

I’d take Doug at his word. Both for having flown both, but also understanding the aerodynamics, stability and control just a little bit more than the average pilot.

I used to teach at a museum whose director got to fly the Grumman F-8 at Duxford. He said the average P-51 owner would bulldoze his Mustang into a ditch if they got their hands on a Bearcat. Not disparaging the one airplane, just emphasizing how superlative the other is.

I’d take Doug at his word. Both for having flown both, but also understanding the aerodynamics, stability and control just a little bit more than the average pilot.

I used to teach at a museum whose director got to fly the Grumman F-8 at Duxford. He said the average P-51 owner would bulldoze his Mustang into a ditch if they got their hands on a Bearcat. Not disparaging the one airplane, just emphasizing how superlative the other is.

There’s a million of them here in Alpine this weekend.
They look and sound great.

At least one of them has a seriously strong smoke system (unless that’s the Extra or something else).

Tj

Any pics from Alpine? I love it up there. I have a few cousins and an uncle who live there.

Greg

Alpine pictures