Flyboys Nieuport 17

摘要

The most famous nieuport WW I fighter was the Nieuport 17 sesquiplane which appeared in early 1916. Powered by the 110hp Le Rhone rotary engine, the Nieuport 17 was a larger, stronger version of the popular Nieuport 11 Bebe. Later versions were equipped with the 130hp Clerget engine and were designated as "17 bis." The idea behind this 1/8-scale Nieuport was to build a simple 3-channel park flyer for brushless motors. As with all of the short-nose WW I fighters, it's absolutely essential that the tail be kept very light to avoid needing a lot of nose ballast to get the CG in the right place. Because of this, my model uses a simple stick-framed fuselage and built-up tail surfaces. The wings use "egg-crate" cbnstruction to speed assembly. I also used a flat-bottom airfoil to keep covering simple and to improve its flying qualities.