Nieuport Triplane
Appearance
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Nieport 10 Triplane | |
Role | Experimental |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Nieuport |
Number built | 4 |
The Nieuport Triplane was a series of Nieuport 10/17 based triplanes built by Nieuport.[1]
Design and Development
Nieuport 10 Triplane
In 1915, Gustave Delage modified a Nieuport 10 with a set of triplane wings in an unusual fore-aft-fore stagger for testing, this design was later patented in 1916.[1]
Nieuport 17 Triplane
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Two Nieuport 17s, modified with reversed stagger on the upper mainplane and armed with one Lewis machine gun) were tested by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).[2]
Nieuport 17bis triplane
One more triplane, modified from a Nieuport 17bis, was also tested and allotted to No. 11 Squadron RNAS until June 1917.[1] Having never been ordered into production, it was never given an official designation.
References
- ^ a b c "Nieuport Triplane". flyingmachines.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "Nieuport Triplane". www.historyofwar.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.