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| Country:
France |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Nieuport |
| Service:
1916 - 1918 |
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Flight: 1915 |
| Production:
565 |
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The Nieuport XI was a French World War I single seat fighter aircraft, designed by Gustave Delage. It is famous as one of the aircraft that ended the Fokker Scourge in 1916. The type reached the French front in January 1916. By March 1916 the Nieuport XI was being replaced by the improved Nieuport XVII. Thereafter, the aircraft was employed as a trainer.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Nie XI) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 7.55 m (24 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10.5 in)
- Wing area: 13 m (140 ft)
- Empty weight: 344 kg (759 lb)
- Loaded weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x Gnome or Le Rhone 9C air-cooled rotary, 59.6 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 156 km/h (97 mph)
- Range: 330 km (205 miles)
- Service ceiling 4,600 m (15,090 ft)
- Rate of climb: 15 mins to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
- Power/mass: 1.49 kW/kg (0.09 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 x Hotchkiss or Lewis machine gun
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