Designed as a high-speed, long-range cross country and aerobatic aircraft, the Acro 1 features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is stressed to +/-15g.
The aircraft is made from graphite and fiberglass composites. Its 201NaN1 span wing has a wing area of 75square feet and has no flaps. The acceptable power range is 100to and the standard engine used is the 2000NaN0 Lycoming IO-360 powerplant which gives it a cruise speed of 220mph. A fuel capacity of provides a range of 1000miles.
The Acro 1 has an empty weight of 780lb and a gross weight of 1250lb, giving a useful load of 470lb. With full fuel of the payload is 188lb.
The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 700 hours.
By 1998 the company reported that one example had been flown.
In November 2014 three examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[3] [4]