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1917
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AUGUST jo, 1917. Nieuport single-seater fighter, Type 17, with fixed machine gun. Tjg>e.xu.vrhicli is the oldest, is a single seater With rectangu- lar section body up to the engine cowl. Type 12, which is a two - seater, has its Vee - shape inter-plane struts sloping outwards as seen from in front. (See illustra- s tion.). In this type the top plane has a fixed centre section, and is covered with Cellon sheets in order to give a better view. The power is provided by a 110 h.p. Clerget engine. ., The observer sits behind the pilot. As one of the more important types must be mentioned Type 17. In this single-seater fighter the body is of circular section in front, and some specimens of the type have a " spinner " over the propeller boss. The front lift cable in this type i 1 not taken to the point where the lower spar joins the body, but to a point on the body farther forward, where the front chassis strut is at- tached to the body. The general . arrangement resembles that of Type n. The ailerons are mounted on steel tubes a (see drawing) inside the wing and running along the back of the rear spar to the body. These tubes are operated from the control • lever by means of the cranks b, the^ .]i"-:i C ]i:l uts c, 860 . Scale drawings (in~xnm.) of the Nieuport single-seater. 889
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