Acro Sport I
| Acro Sport I | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | aerobatic sportsplane |
| National origin | US |
| Manufacturer | Acro Sport |
| Designer | |
| History | |
| First flight | 11 January 1972[1] |
| Variants | Acro Sport II |
The Acro Sport is a single-seat aerobatic sportsplane designed by US aviation enthusiast Paul Poberezny in the early 1970s for homebuilding. Plans are marketed by Acro Sport Inc.
The Acro Sport is a short-span biplane of conventional taildragger configuration, typically built with an open cockpit and spatted main undercarriage. Its structure is a fabric-covered, steel tube fuselage and tail group, with a wood wing structure.
Variants
[edit]The Acro Sport II is the two place version of the Acro Sport I
Specifications
[edit]Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
- Wingspan: 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Wing area: 116 sq ft (10.78 m2)
- Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,350 lb (612 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 180 hp (135 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 152 mph (245 km/h, 132 kn)
- Cruise speed: 130 mph (209 km/h, 110 kn)
- Stall speed: 50 mph (81 km/h, 43 kn)
- Range: 350 mi (564 km, 300 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,096 m)
- Rate of climb: 3,500 ft/min (18 m/s)
References
[edit]- Terpstra, Philip (1992). 1992 Worldwide Homebuilt Aircraft Directory. Tucson, Arizona: Spirit Publications. p. 13.
Further reading
[edit]- Schultheis, Robert (November 2, 1974). EAA Acro-Sport (with plan). American Aircraft Modeler. Academy of Model Aeronautics. 74 (11): pp. 20–26.
- Davisson, Budd (February 1978). Akrosport - homebuilt from EAA's Think Tank. Air Progress. Challenge Publications. 40 (2). ISSN 0002-2500
- Curds, Gerald (November 1983). EAA 'Acro-Sport': Biplane Plans Feature. RCM&E. Mortons Media Group Ltd. 24 (11).
- Bedřich, Zdenék (January 1989). EAA Acrosport. Modelář. Prague: Naše vojsko. 40 (1): pp. 18–19.
External links
[edit]- Acro Sport I & Super Acro Sport I (EAA Aircraft Building Kits & Plans)
- Acro Sport Newsletter (all volumes digitized from Neil Sidders' collection)
Media related to Acro Sport I at Wikimedia Commons