- Pober Super Ace
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Pober Super Ace Role sports aircraft National origin US Manufacturer Acro Sport Designer Orland Corben The Pober Super Ace was a single-seat sports aircraft designed as a homebuilt aircraft by Orland Corben in 1935. A set of plans and construction articles appeared in Popular Aviation between April and October that year and were later marketed by Orland Corben.
It was a single seat parasol wing monoplane of conventional taildragger configuration. As published, the plans called for an engine from a Ford Model A to be modified to power the aircraft.
Rights to the aircraft were sold to Paul Poberezny with the rest of the Corben company's assets. Plans are currently[update] offered for sale by Acro Sport.
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 3.5 in (8.32 m)
- Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Wing area: 118 ft2 (10.96 m2)
- Empty weight: 685 lb (311 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,030 lb (467 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental, 85 hp (63 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 110 mph (177 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 90 mph (145 km/h)
- Range: 250 miles (403 km)
- Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,572 m)
- Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4 m/s)
External links
- Related lists
References
- ^ Terpstra, 1992, p.16.
- Terpstra, Philip (1992). 1992 Worldwide Homebuilt Aircraft Directory. Tucson, Arizona: Spirit Publications. p. 16.
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