Nieuport-Delage NiD 43
| NiD 43 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Two seat shipborn fighter aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Nieuport-Delage
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| Designer | Robert Duhamel, Albert Mary and Bonnemaison |
| First flight | 1924 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Nieuport-Delage NiD 43 was a single-engine, two-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed and built for shipboard use in France in 1924.
Design and development
The NiD 43 was designed to meet a naval requirement for a two-seat shipborne fighter. It was a
ailerons on the lower wings alone. Its fuselage was flat sided, with two open cockpits. The pilot sat in the forward one under the wing trailing edge, where there was a cut-out to enhance his upward view, and the gunner was positioned close behind with a pair of Lewis machine guns mounted on a prominent ring. The tail was conventional, with a tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage and braced with two parallel struts on each side, a broad fin with a curved leading edge and a deep, straight edged rudder.[1]
The NiD 43 was powered by a 373 kW (500 hp)
conventional undercarriage, tail down again, with the short floats clearing the deck.[1]
The NiD 43 began flight testing in 1924 and went the following year to
Aéronavale. At the end of the assessment the Levasseur PL.5 was preferred and ordered, when development of the Nieuport ceased.[1]
Specifications
Data from Green and Swanborough[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
- Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 44.30 m2 (476.8 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,680 kg (3,704 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,320 kg (5,115 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Hb water cooled upright V-12, 370 kW (500 hp)
- Propellers: 4-bladed fixed pitch
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
- Endurance: 2.5 h
- Time to altitude: 40 min to 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
Armament
- 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) synchronised machine gunsfiring through propeller and 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis machine guns on ring mount in rear cockpit.
References
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- ^ ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
- ^ "Les Avions Nieuport-Delage" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 3 April 2013.