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- 1. EAA Acro Sport II AN1576354: Andre Wadman· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Acro II is a two-seat aerobatic sportsplane designed by US aviation enthusiast Paul Poberezny in the 1970s for amateur construction. It is an enlarged version of his previous Acro Sport I, sized up to carry two persons. Plans are available through Acro Sport in Wisconsin and material kits are supplied by Aircraft Spruce and Specialty.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 6.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
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- number built
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- role
- aerobatic homebuilt aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Acro Sport
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-360
- length
- 5.8 m
- wingspan
- 6.6 m
- height
- 2 m
- max take-off weight
- 690 kg
- top speed
- 245 km/h
- cruise speed
- 198 km/h
- range
- 692 km
- ceiling
- 6,096 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2823476, Wikipedia: Acro Sport II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.