title: Acme Sportsman
text: # Acme Sportsman
  
  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.
  
  ## 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)
  