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[PEA] Nieuport 17

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1916!

Aircraft with a simple cockpit

My description of the plane
A single seat small propeller fighter that was the base of some other french fighter aircrafts from the early aviation age , designed in the middle of world war 1 it's a pretty cool plane

Wiki :

The Nieuport 17 C.1 (or Nieuport XVII C.1 in contemporary sources) is a French sesquiplane fighter designed and manufactured by the Nieuport company during World War I. An improvement over the Nieuport 11, it was a little larger than earlier Nieuports and better adapted to the more powerful engine than the interim Nieuport 16. Aside from early examples, it had the new Alkan-Hamy synchronization gear, permitting the use of a fuselage-mounted synchronised Vickers gun firing through the propeller disc.

At the time of its introduction in March 1916, the type's outstanding manoeuvrability and excellent rate of climb gave it a significant advantage over fighters on both sides and was described as "the best pursuit plane of the day".[1][2] It was used by many operators and entered service with every Allied power and copies were also operated by the Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Service). Mass-produced by several French firms, the Nieuport 17 and its derivatives were built under licence in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi and in Russia by Dux. Unlicensed copies, notably the Siemens-Schuckert D.I and the Euler D.I, were produced in Germany.

The Nieuport 21 and 23 represented relatively minor alterations. Aerodynamic refinement led to the Clerget-powered 17bis. More powerful versions of the Le Rhône rotary engines with detail improvements resulted in the Nieuport 24, 24bis and 27.

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General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 31.4ft (9.6m)
  • Length 21.6ft (6.6m)
  • Height 9.3ft (2.8m)
  • Empty Weight 11,069lbs (5,021kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,773lbs (6,247kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.244
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 2.323
  • Wing Loading 32.2lbs/ft2 (157.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 427.4ft2 (39.7m2)
  • Drag Points 1821

Parts

  • Number of Parts 84
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 481