Nieuport 17 - Specifications (Nie 17)

Specifications (Nie 17)

Data from Those Classic Nieuports

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 14.75 m² (158.8 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 375 kg (825 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 560 kg (1,232 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9Ja 9-cylinder rotary engine, 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 177 km/h (96 kn, 110 mph) at 2000m
  • Endurance: 1.75 hours
  • Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,390 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
  • Wing loading: 37.9 kg/m² (7.77 lb/ft²)
  • Power/mass: 0.15 kW/kg (0.09 hp/lb)

Armament

  • Guns:
    • (French service) 1 × synchronised Vickers machine gun
    • (British service) 1 × Lewis gun on Foster mounting on upper wing
  • Rockets: 8 Le Prieur rockets

(A few individual aircraft had both guns)

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