Nieuport 24bis 40" N191

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Prototype Version
More than 374 parts

Nieuport 24bis 40"

SPECIFICATIONS
Scale: 1/8
Prop: 12x6
Channels: R/E/A/T
Wheels: Balsa Ply w Neo Tires
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
Power System: AXI 2217/20 Brushless Outrunner

Decals Available

Prototype version does not include instruction manual

Get Adobe Reader FREE

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
  • 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
  • Built up cowl
  • Scale number of ribs and subribs
  • 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
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