Nieuport 17bis

Nieuport 17bis
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Nieuport
Introduction	late 1916
Primary users	France U.K. (RNAS)
Number built	50
Developed from	Nieuport 17
Engine	130hp Clerget 9B rotary
Armament	sync. Vickers and/or top-wing Lewis
Crew	1
Max Speed	180 km/h (110 mph)-190 km/h (118 mph)
Climb	3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 7:30-9:20 6,000 m (19,700 ft) in 32:00

A potential shortage of Le Rhône engines led to a variant of the Nieuport 17 using the 130hp Clerget engine and fully faired fuselage sides. It was never widely used by the French (one notable exception being a plane flown by Nungesser) but it did fully equip one RNAS squadron and partially equip another. By the time the Nieuport 17bis entered service in late 1916, there were better planes available to both French and British aviators, so it was not very popular.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Nieuport 17.

Timeline

Game Data

Wings of Glory

Unofficial Stats

Version	Availability	Maneuver	Damage	Dmg Points	Max Alt.	Climb
single-gun	16Q4-17Q4	I	B	13	12	3
twin-gun		I	A	13	12	3

Plane and Crew Cards

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  6Sqn.
  Reeves
  Guntruck

Miniatures and Models

1:144 Scale

• Shapeways
  • Vickers only: Decapod, ReducedAircraftFactory
  • Vickers+Lewis: Columbia Aerodrome, Columbia (skis), ReducedAircraftFactory
  • Lewis on Foster Mount: Decapod

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

• Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory, RAF

Resources

Orthographic Drawings

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References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• J.M. Bruce. Windsock Datafile 20: Nieuport 17. Albatros Publications Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0-948414-24-3.
• Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
• Vital Ferry. French Aviation During the First World War. Paris: Histoire and Collections, 2014. ISBN 978-2-35250-370-5