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| Country:
France |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Nieuport |
| Service:
1916 - 1919 |
| First
Flight: 1916 |
| Production:
205 |
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The Nieuport 21 was a French single-seat, single-engine fighter used during the First World War. The aircraft was used by the French, Russian, and American air forces. After the war, the Nieuport 21 was a popular civil aircraft.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( XXI) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 14.75 m (159 ft)
- Empty weight: 320 kg (704 lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 495 kg (1089 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x Le Rhone 9C radial engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h (76 knots, 87 mph)
- Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: 250 km (132 nm, 152 mi)
- Service ceiling m (ft)
- Rate of climb: m/min ()
- Wing loading: 33.6 kg/m (6.89 lb/ft)
- Power/mass: 0.121 W/kg (0.073 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 machine gun fixed to upper wing
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