A novel design method for a fiber-optic Fabry-Perot (FP) acoustic sensor based on a flywheel-like diaphragm has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Through theory analysis and simulation, we have established a sensing model based on the flywheel-like diaphragm and illustrated the acoustic sensor's resonant frequency regulation method. A flywheel-like diaphragm-based acoustic sensor has been fabricated and a dual-wavelength system is used to demodulate the phase fluctuation caused by the acoustic wave. Experimental results show that the proposed acoustic sensor has an acoustic pressure sensitivity of 1.3967 rad Pa-1 and noise-limited minimum detectable pressure of similar to 16.43 mu Pa/Hz@9kHzPersephona(Brachyura: Leucosiidae) off Northeastern Brazil