Nieuport
24bis 40" N191 |
Skill
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Prototype
Version More
than 374 parts |
SPECIFICATIONS |
Scale:
1/8 |
Prop:
12x6 |
Channels:
R/E/A/T |
Wheels: Balsa Ply w Neo Tires
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Wingspan:
40" |
Airfoil Type: under cambered |
Wing
Area: 380 sq in |
Cowl:
built up balsa and plywood |
Designer:
M.K.
Bengtson |
Weight:
32 oz |
Spinner:
optional
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Power
System: AXI 2217/20 Brushless Outrunner |
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Decals
Available | Prototype
version does not include instruction manual |
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FEATURES - One
piece construction with scale fuselage and tail shapes
- Top
and bottom wing alignment is built into design
- Scale
dihedral, includes in wing aileron servos
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Scale fuselage
built from formers and stringers
- Front
of the fuselage is balsa box, the rear is built up with top and bottom formers,
stringers
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Built up cowl
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Scale
number of ribs and subribs
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1/32" plywood trailing edges included
- Carbon
tube leading edges and 1/8" diameter carbon rod spars in scale locations
- Under
cambered airfoil
- Dummy
bell crank mechanically operated by in wing servos ( Optional feature)
- Dummy
motor with electric motor mount
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HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANCE From
WikiPedia: The Nieuport 24 introduced a new fuselage of improved aerodynamic
form, rounded wingtips, and a tail unit incorporating a small fixed fin and a
curved rudder. The tailskid was sprung internally and had a neater appearance
than that on earlier Nieuports. A 130 hp Le Rhône rotary engine was fitted. There
were initial structural problems with the new tail, and most production aircraft
of the type were of the Nieuport 24bis model, which retained the fuselage and
wings of the 24, but reverted to the Nieuport 17 type tailplane, tailskid and
rectangular balanced rudder. The new tail was finally standardised on the Nieuport
27. A batch of Nieuport 24bis were built in England for the Royal Naval Air
Service. The standard armament of the Nieuport 17 (a synchronised Vickers in
French service - a Lewis gun on a Foster mounting on the top wing in British service)
was retained to save weight and retain a good performance, although many 24s were
used as advanced trainers and normally flown without guns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuport_24
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