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Without competing with the exhaustive Nieuport Pages by Mike Fletcher, some of these drawings and pictures were extracted from an italian 1919 aircraft handbook. Unfortunately, at those times they didn't toght on modelers like us and rarely stated the exact subject described, so we must guess on the majority of cases. Other pictures were taken in December of 1999 during a visit to the Argentinian Air Force Museum in Buenos Aires, showing the remains of a red Nieuport 28 that crashed in the Andes attempting the first cross flight from Argentina to Chile.
Nieuport Monoplanes - Nieuport11 - Nieuport 17 - Nieuport 28
Nieuport Monoplanes -Thanks to Mike Fletcher to help me identify these machines.
Monoplane
on floats, this is actually a 1/5th scale model used at the Eiffel wind
tunnel. The drawings were originally published in "Nouvelles recherches sur
la resistance de l'air et l'aviation" in 1914, and represent the version
prior to the first one built. As a result of it being a model, there are a few
differences, the biggest being the lack of leading edge sweepback, a feature
caused by the lack of any drag bracing wires in the wing
(relying on the fabric covering to do the job instead).a rare bird, indeed!
Drawing of the cowl, presumably of a similar aircraft (see the float struts?).
Nieuport monoplane 3 view drawing. Do I see three seats inside this machine?
Nieuport fighter basic layout, as stated by Macchi, owner of the italian manufacturing license.
British Nieuport layout, described in a sketchy drawing.
Nieuport undercarriage detail, showing wheel, leg, bungee cords and axle assembly.
Uncovered stabilizer & elevator structure, made entirely in steel tubes. Mike Fletcher has identified this piece as a nieuport part too, probably from a Bebé.
Uncovered fuselage, just the basic frame. The fore part is hidden beyond the edges of the photo. Mike Fletcher has identified it as part of a Nieuport scout, probably a Nieuport11 "Bebé".
Interplane V strut assembly, showing metal plate and fixation method.
Lower wing structure, a picture from the real item.
Uncovered upper wing of a Nieuport biplane. This wing were constructed by the Macchi-Newport (sic) factory, as the ook stated. Note that the leading and trailing edges aren't paralell (aside from the aileron outline). Mike Fletcher says that the picture has been taken from an angle, so perspective has distorted the parallel lines. And based on the root structure he suspects that this one belongs to a Nieuport XVII.
Front office furniture, or how cramped a little plane could be.
Nieuport rudder pedals assembly, usually hidden in the bottom of the cockpit.
Nieuport 28 wreck, from the Aeronatical Museum in Buenos Aires, showing the uncovered wheel, twisted axle and tailskid assembly.
The sad remains of a rotary engine, propeller and hub, from the same wreck.
Colorful model representing the ill fated aircraft.
Front view of cowl, engine and prop from the Pensacola Naval Aviation specimen.
Cockpit view, showing the intrincate interior of this machine.
Another cockpit close-up showing some structural and dashboard detail of the front office.
Undercarriage and cowl detail. Of special interest is the fuselage area behing the cowl and landing wires attachments.
