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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 {{convert|85|to|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011" />
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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>{{cite web|title=Pober (Corben) Junior Ace.|url=http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/kitspages/poberCorben.php|access-date=2 August 2010}}</ref>
==Variants== ;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
==Specifications (Model E)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-9, p.647.''<ref name=JAWA88>{{cite book |title= Jane's All the World's Aircraft |last= Taylor|first= John W. R. |last2=Munson|first2=Kenneth|edition=1988-9 |publisher= Jane's Information Group|location= London|isbn=0 7106-0867-5|pages=647}}</ref> |prime units? = kts |crew= one |capacity=one passenger |length ft= 18 |length in= 0 |span ft= 26 |span in= 0 |empty weight lb= 809 |max takeoff weight lb= 1335 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name= Continental C85 |eng1 type=air-cooled flat four |eng1 hp= 85 |max speed kts= 113 |cruise speed kts= 91 |stall speed kts= |ceiling ft= 10,500 |climb rate ftmin= 600 }}
==See also== {{Aircontent |related= *Pober Super Ace *Ace Baby Ace |similar aircraft= |lists= |see also= * List of civil aircraft }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.AceAircraft.com/}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=fP1ZBQFdpMAC&pg=PP1 Flying Magazine 1933] *{{cite journal |title=Corben Junior Ace Monoplane|journal= Aero Digest|date= February 1932|volume=20 |issue= 1|page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/aerodigest2019unse/page/n175/mode/1up}}
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Junior Ace Category:Homebuilt aircraft Category:1930s United States sport aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Parasol-wing aircraft Category:Acro Sport aircraft Category:Poberezny aircraft Category:Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear Category:Single-engined piston aircraft