Ace Junior Ace
The Ace Junior Ace is a two-seat sports aircraft that has been offered by the Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company in kit and plans form for home building since the early 1930s. It was designed by Orland Corben.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011">Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 37. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref>
An evolution of Corben's single-seat Baby Ace,<ref name="flying_the_corben_1979_tab_books">Dwiggins, Don: Chapter 3: "Flying the Corben Baby Ace," Low Horsepower Fun Aircraft You Can Build, 1979, TAB Books, LOC: 79-22942; ISBN 0-8306-9710-1 / ISBN 0-8306-2267-5, as compiled in Modern Aviation Library, Vol. 10, Book No. 210, TAB, Blue Ridge Summit, Penn., USA</ref> it is a parasol wing monoplane of conventional taildragger configuration. Pilot and passenger sit side-by-side, in a cockpit that may be enclosed or left open. The fuselage is of fabric-covered tubular construction and the wings are wood. A variety of powerplants may be used, and the aircraft has a power range of Template:Convert.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011" />
Experimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny widened the fuselage of the Jr Ace, added modern wheels, brakes and increased the span to 34 ft to create the Pober Jr Ace. The company Acro Sport maintains the rights to the design, and sells plans so the aircraft can be amateur-built.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
VariantsEdit
- Baby Ace
- Single seat
- Super Ace
- Single seat powered by a Ford Model A automotive engine. Plans updated by EAA founder Paul Poberezny.
- Ace Junior Ace
- Two side-by-side seat variant.
- Pober Jr Ace
- Updated plans of the Jr. Ace model