Spännvidd: 124 cm
Flygikt: ca 1750 gram
Rek motor: AXI, Nippy, MPjet borstlösa
RC: Skev/Sid/Höjd/Thro

Designad av Peter Rake.

Short-kit model av Frankrikes vackraste WW1 jaktplan.

Nieuport 11 bébé är en balsabyggsats av allra modernaste snitt. De laserskurna delarna passar ihop med otrolig precision. Byggsatsen innehåller CAD-ritningar, byggbeskrivning samt laserskuren balsa och plywood. Hjulen byggs upp av neopren och plywood med pappkåpor.

Byggbeskrivning (eng) i PDF format.

Målning tips Franska, Belgiska, Blandat

Pris: 995:-

The small Nieuport 11 biplane was affectionately known as the "Bébé" (baby). Originally designed for racing, this light plane was fast and extremely maneuverable. Its only major problem was in the design of its wing struts. In a steep dive, the struts allowed the wings to twist, sometimes with disastrous results. Used by the British and French to counter the Fokker E.III, the Nieuport 11 was disadvantaged by its lack of a synchronized machine gun.

They were armed with a single Hotchkiss or Lewis machine gun mounted over the wing. Reloading of the gun was facilitated by the Foster gun mount, essentially a curved rail that the gun could be slid backwards and down so the pilot could reach the magazine on top of the machine gun. This was a difficult feat to perform under anything but calm flying conditions. With a variety of stops on the mount the gun could be inclined to fire upwards as well.