Nieuport 27

Newport 27 History

Newport Nie. The 27 (or simply Nieuport 27) was designed by Gustave Delage as a senior trainer and front-line fighter, serving with the French Air Force, the Royal Flying Corps and the Italian Air Force during World War I since the model was introduced in 1917 Started production of Nieuport in France and Nieuport-Macchi in Italy.

Although classified as a fighter jet, the aircraft was generally used as an advanced trainer for most of its wartime career. The design is basically a continuation of the successful Nieuport 17 of 1916 and an attempt to build on the former's success.

Nie's design. 27 Consistent with the few products found during the First World War. As a biplane fighter, the Nie 27 adopts a staggered and equal wingspan arrangement, and the upper surface is significantly larger than the lower surface. The lower wing was attached to the lower fuselage below and behind the engine mounts.

The upper wing is located some distance above the engine mounts and is supported on the upper part of the forward fuselage by four main struts. The wing itself sits between the engine and the cockpit, with V-pillars in a single-cabin arrangement. The Nie-27 was the last Nieuport fighter to be equipped with such wing struts.

The engine is mounted at the very front of the fuselage, with a curved fairing and drives a two-bladed propeller. The pilot sits in an open-air cockpit with fairly good visibility. The fins are conventional, with a single vertical fin and applicable horizontal planes, with all edges rounded.

The landing gear is fixed, with two main landing gear and a skid at the bottom of the tail.

If armed, never. 27s are used with Vickers (Nie. 27s in France and Italy) or Lewis machine guns (Nie. 27s in UK).

When using the Vickers, a machine gun was mounted on the forward fuselage above the engine compartment, just in front of the pilot's windshield, and was synchronized by a breaker gear to fire through the rotating propeller blades. When a Lewis-type machine gun is used, the weapon is mounted on a special Foster mount, which is located on the upper wing assembly.

It is not uncommon for a Nie to have two machine guns on him. 27, albeit at the expense of some performance. Coach never. 27 mounts are defenseless.

Forever general performance. The 27 has a top speed of 116 mph and service is capped at about 18,200 feet. The climb to 16,400 feet can be achieved in 22 minutes, with a range of about 150 miles.

Power initially came from a 130hp Le Rhone rotary engine (as found in the Nie.24bis range), but was often replaced by lower rated 110 or 120hp versions in the trainer role.

Most Newport fighters still using the "V-Strut" wing struts were eventually scrapped in the spring of 1918 and replaced by more powerful types - such was the Newport's short lifespan. 27.

The operators of the aircraft included France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia (later replaced by the new rulers of what is now the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay. For the UK, Never. 27 served with the 1st, 14th, 17th, 29th, 40th, 60th, 67th, 111st and 113th Squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps. The operation of the aircraft in Poland resulted in the procurement of only one example. The United States used the aircraft as a training device for the U.S.

Expeditionary Force and later the U.S. Army Air Service (1918).

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