Nieuport 21

The Nieuport 21 used the Nieuport 17's airframe (with 3 degrees of sweepback on the mainplanes) sans headrest and was powered with an 80hp LeRhone 9C. It was may have been originally intended as a trainer, and the 21E-1 version was supplied in number for that purpose. But it was first pressed into French front-line service in small numbers along with Nieuport 17s. Many were built or purchased by Russia growing from around 40 in spring of 1917 to over 70 in mid-summer. Russian pilots were impressed by its manueverability.

The Nieuport 21 came with either a fixed, sychronized Vickers machine gun or an over-wing Lewis.

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Miniatures and Models
Nieuport 17s make a good substitute.

1:144 Scale

 * Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory (Lewis),RAF (Vickers)

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

 * Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory (Lewis), RAF (Vickers)