They list range as 1160nm.

Mike
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On 28-Aug-2003, Thomas Borchert wrote:

How about the Extra 400.


Have you checked useful load? Have you checked financial status of the
company? Have you looked at it? ;-)

Seriously, that thing has totally marginal useful load. With full fuel,
even the pilot will only fit in barely.


According to Extra's web site, the EA400 has:

Useful Load: 1,254 lbs
Maximum Cruise Speed: 220 KTAS
Fuel (usable): 107 gals
Cruise Fuel Burn: 23 gal/hr

Payload with full fuel is thus 612 lbs, or 3 adults plus baggage. The
bigger problem with limited useful load is the hefty 23 gph cruise fuel
consumption. That limits endurance to about 3 hrs with IFR reserves, not
nearly enough for a high-flying pressurized plane. A fuel stop would be
needed for a trip longer than about 650 nm. Bigger tanks would help, but
then you WOULD be looking at marginal payload.

-Elliott Drucker