Acro Sport I

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Acro Sport I
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General information
Type aerobatic sportsplane
National originUS
Manufacturer Acro Sport
Designer
History
First flight11 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.

Contents

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

The Acro Sport II is the two place version of the Acro Sport I

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Terpstra, 1992, p.13.

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