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Nieuport 17
Nieuport · Fighter · France · Pioneer Age (pre-1919)
The Nieuport 17 C.1 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.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Fighter
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Pioneer Age (pre-1919)
- Country
- France
- Manufacturer
- Nieuport
- Operator
- France military
- Primary Role
- Fighter
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1916
- Produced
- 7200
- Engine
- Le Rhône 9J rotary
- Thrust / Power
- 110 hp
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 18.9
- Wingspan (ft)
- 26.9
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 825
- MTOW (lb)
- 1246
- Endurance (hr)
- 2
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 17388
- Range (mi)
- 155
- Max Speed (mph)
- 107
- Armament
- 1x .303 Vickers (sync)