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Nieuport 16 C1 "Bébé"

GENERAL DATA
Fighter
Nieuport, Dux
1916
March 1916
500 (1916)
1

(*) of which 646 in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi.

DIMENSIONS
5.64 m
375 kg
7.40 m (lower) - 7.52 m (upper)
550 kg
2.40 m
? kg
13.30 m²
39.60 kg/m²

 

ARMAMENT
1× 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers
or Lewis MG *
27-cartridge magazines
-
-
8 × air to air Le Prieur rockets for use against observation balloons (optional)

(*) forward firing, mounted above the top wing or (alternative) forward firing, synchronized over nose

POWERPLANT
1 × Le Rhône 9J
9 cylinder rotary engine, 15 L
110 hp
200 hp / ton *
45.42 L (45 kg)

(*) with the loaded weight

PERFORMANCES
165 km/h at sea level
152 km/h at 2000 m
? m/s
2 h
4800 m

 

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