homebuilt aerobatic biplane
Acro Sport I
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Acro Sport
- Country of origin
- United States
- First flight
- 1972-01-11
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 110 kt
- Max speed
- 132 kt
- Range
- 300 nm
- Service ceiling
- 20,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 3,500 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 1,350 lb
- Empty weight
- 900 lb
- Powerplant
- Lycoming O-360 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 180 hp
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 17.5 ft
- Wingspan
- 19.6 ft
- Height
- 6 ft
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.