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1917
1917 - 0886.PDF
AUGUST 30, 1917. N i e u p o r t H-plane,Typel6. The rockets are used for attack- ing kite balloons and airships. when flying high) than are large aeroplanes. On account oftheir greater climbing power, speed and manceuverability they are superior to the large machine, not only as regards attackfrom the ground but also in case of attack by hostile aircraft. The fighting value of the small single seater is about equalto that of a larger two-seater, even when the latter is fitted machine gun. As up to the present the machine gun is theweapon most suitable for use on board aeroplanes, it follows that the single-seater chaser with machine gun is the machinemost suitable for fighting over land as far as concerns the employment of aeroplanes for fighting hostile aeroplanes.This, therefore, is the reason for the extensive employment Side view of the Nieuport lJ-plane,Typel6. •m with two machine guns, one fixed and the other workedby the observer. It will rarely be possible to use the two guns simultaneously, while the handy little single-seatercan make very good use of its rigidly mounted gun. This is proved by the air successes of Boelcke, Immelmann andmany others, who nearly always flew single-seaters, with fixed of the Nieuport by our enemies. The Nieuport i£ plane isbuilt according to the constructional methods followed by the French before thapjvar, i.e., chiefly of wood with fabriccovering. The fuselage is a rectangular section girder diagonally braced with wires. Towards the rear the sectionbecomes trapezoidal, inasmuch as the bottom of the fuselage mm Rear view of the Nieuport l$-plane,Type!7. 886
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