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Acme Sportsman

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Length
  
6.98 m

Manufacturer
  
Acme Aircraft Corporation

First flight
  
October 2, 1929

Designer
  
Edward Stalker

The Acme Sportsman was a two-seat parasol wing sportsplane built in the United States in 1928 by Acme Aircraft Corporation, a company from Rockford, Illinois. It was of conventional taildragger configuration with open cockpits in tandem and folding wings. It was designed by Edward Stalker of the University of Michigan.

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Variants

Acme Model 21 Sportsman
Production aircraft powered by Velie M-5 engines
Smith O
One aircraft re-engined with a 100hp Kinner K-5
Para-monoplane
The other aircraft re-engined with a 45hp Szekely SR-5

Specifications (Sportsman model 21)

Data from Aerofiles Aa - Ak

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1
  • Length: 22 ft 11 in (6.99 m)
  • Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Velie M-5 , 55 hp (41 kW)

    • Performance

    References

    Acme Sportsman Wikipedia
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