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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nieuport N 17/23 Familly for ThirdWires First Eagles The Great Air War 1918 _______________________________________________________________ File version 2.0 release date 15.11.2010 This package contains flyable 5 Nieuport 17 and 3 Nieuport 23 plane with cockpit about authors: Flight model peter01, member of CombatAce.com 3D Model and textures Monty CZ, member of CombatAce.com any sugestions can be posted at combatace forum. any changes of this file must be authorized by authors contact us at combatace. thanks to : MontyCZ and Texmurphy for the original Nieuport 17 Whiteknight06604 for the N17 with uper gun Aligator devil for is cockpit works and upgrade and hangar peter01 for is flight model please direct any questions about this mod to me at the below places. instalation: just drop in the C:\Users\username\Saved Games\ThirdWire\FirstEagles2 Technical data of the real plane: Nieuport 17 Type single-seated fighter Power plant one air-cooled Le Rhone 9J (9-cylinder radial engine) with 110 HP (80.9 kW) alternatively a Le-Clerget engine with 130 PS (95.6 kW) Year of construction 1916 Perfomance Maximum speed 177 km/h from ground proximity to an altitude of 2,000 m Rate of climb climbs to 2,000 m altitude in 5.30 min Ceiling 5,300 m Operational range 250 km Endurance 2 hrs Weight Empty weight 374 kg Take-off weight 565 kg Dimensions Length 5.77 m Height 2.44 m Wing area 14,75 qm Span 8.17 m Crew 1 person Useful load/armament one or two Lewis machine guns or one Vickers machine gun. Fixedly mounted on the fuselage and firing in synchronization through the propeller arc.