Pober Super Ace

{{Short description|Single-seat sports aircraft designed as a homebuilt aircraft by Orland Corben in 1935}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name=Pober Super Ace | image= | caption= | type=sports aircraft | national_origin=US | manufacturer=[[Acro Sport]] | designer=[[Orland Corben]] | first_flight= | introduction= | retired= | status= | primary_user= | number_built= | developed_from= | variants= }}

The '''Pober Super Ace''' was a single-seat sports aircraft designed as a [[homebuilt aircraft]] by [[Orland Corben]] in [[1935 in aviation|1935]]. Originally the "Corben Super Ace,"<ref name="denton_fly_in_1986_09_vintage_airplane">[https://issuu.com/vintageeaa/docs/va-vol-14-no-9-sept-1986/7 "24th Annual Denton Fly-In,"] September 1986, ''Vintage Airplane,'' Vol.14., No.9, p.28, retrieved September 26, 2022 (p.</ref> it was an evolution of the [[Ace Baby Ace|Corben Baby Ace]], and closely linked with it throughout their existence.<ref name="flying_the_corben_1979_tab_books">[[Don Dwiggins|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 was a single-seat [[parasol wing]] monoplane of conventional [[Conventional landing gear|tailwheel]] configuration. As published, the plans called for an engine from a [[Ford Model A (1927-1931)|Ford Model A]] (some say [[Ford Model B (1932)|Ford Model B]]<ref name="flying_the_corben_1979_tab_books" /><ref name="denton_fly_in_1986_09_vintage_airplane" />) to be modified to power the aircraft.

A set of plans and construction articles appeared in ''[[Popular Aviation]]'' between April and October 1935 and were later marketed by [[Orland Corben]].

Rights to the aircraft were sold to [[Paul Poberezny]] with the rest of the Corben company's assets. Plans are {{As of|2004|alt=currently}} offered for sale by [[Acro Sport]].

==Variants== ;[[Ace Baby Ace|Baby Ace]] :Single-seat ;Super Ace :Single-seat powered by a [[Ford Model A (1927–31)|Ford Model A Automotive engine]]. Plans updated by EAA founder [[Paul Poberezny]]. ;[[Ace Junior Ace|Jr. Ace]] :Two-seat tandem variant. ;[[Pober Jr Ace]] :Updated plans of the Jr. Ace model

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=<ref name="Terpstra">Terpstra, 1992, p.16.</ref> |prime units? = imp |crew=one |capacity= |length m=5.64 |length ft=18 |length in=6 |span m=8.32 |span ft=27 |span in=3.5 |width m= |width ft= |width in= |height m=1.98 |height ft=6 |height in=6 |wing area sqm=10.96 |wing area sqft=118 |empty weight kg=311 |empty weight lb=685 |gross weight kg=467 |gross weight lb=1,030 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental |eng1 kw=63 |eng1 hp=85 |eng2 number= |eng2 type= |eng2 kw= |eng2 hp= |max speed kmh=177 |max speed mph=110 |cruise speed kmh=145 |cruise speed mph=90 |range km=403 |range miles=250 |endurance h= |endurance min= |ceiling m=4,572 |ceiling ft=15,000 |climb rate ms=4 |climb rate ftmin=800

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==External links== *[[Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company]] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101202093540/http://www.ilovetofly.net/ The History of Ace Aircraft]

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==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book |last= Terpstra |first= Philip |title=1992 Worldwide Homebuilt Aircraft Directory |year=1992 |publisher=Spirit Publications |location=Tucson, Arizona |page= 16}}

[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:1930s United States sport aircraft]] [[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]] [[Category:Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company aircraft|Super Ace]] [[Category:Parasol-wing aircraft]] [[Category:Acro Sport aircraft]]