XtremeAir Sbach 300
The XtremeAir Sbach 300 is a German aerobatic aircraft, designed by Philippe Steinbach and produced by XtremeAir, of Cochstedt. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
The aircraft bears the company designation XA41, but is marketed under the name Sbach 300, although use of this name was later abandoned.
Design and development
The Sbach 300 is an all-composite design, predominantly constructed of carbon fibre. It features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft's span wing has an area of and mounts full-span ailerons with spades to lighten control forces, which give a roll rate of 450° per second. The standard engine employed is the Lycoming IO-580 four-stroke powerplant. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of for aerobatics and a gross weight of for non-aerobatic flight.The 300 was later developed into a two-seat version, the XtremeAir Sbach 342, which was introduced in 2007.