Extra 300L

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Extra 300L of the Hawks of Romania - YR-EWH

The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award-winning German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau.
General characteristics
Crew: one pilot
Capacity: two
Length: 6.95 m (22 ft 9½ in)
Wingspan: 7.39 m (24 ft 3 in)
Height: 2.62 m (8 ft 7¼ in)
Wing area: 10.44 m² (112.4 ft²)
Airfoil: symmetrical (no camber), zero incidence, zero dihedral/anhedral
Empty weight: 682 kg (approx.) (1,500 lb (approx.))
Loaded weight: 952 kg (2095 lb)
Useful load: 270 kg (595 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 952 kg (2095 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 MT Propeller composite propeller (3- or 4-blade), 224 kW (300 hp)
Fuel capacity: 52.7 U.S. gal (199.5 l)

Performance
Never exceed speed: 408 km/h (220 knot, 253 mph)
Cruise speed: 317 km/h (170 knot, 196 mph)
Stall speed: 102 km/h (55 knot, 63 mph)
Range: 944 km with auxiliary fuel (510 nmi, 586 statute mi)
Service ceiling: 4875 m (16,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 16 meters/s (3200 ft/min)
Roll Rate : 400 degrees per second

Hawks of Romania is a civil aerobatic display team flying 4 Extra 300L and one Extra 330SC aircraft. The team had another Extra 300L as a spare. All airplanes are paint in yellow, red and blue colors (Romania flag colors).
The team is formed in 2007, as within the Romanian Aero Club has some formation flying teams before, but none of them were official and named.