Nieuport 28C-1

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The Nieuport 28 (N.28C-1) was a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during World War I, built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage.

Owing its lineage to the successful line of sesquiplane fighters that included the Nieuport 17, the Nieuport 28 continued a similar design philosophy of a lightweight and highly manoeuvrable aircraft.

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
• Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 15.8 m² (169 ft²)
• Empty weight: 475 kg (1,227 lb)
• Loaded weight: 560 kg (1,635 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Gnome 9-N rotary, 102kW (160 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 198 km/h (123 mph) at 2,000 m
• Range: 349 km (180 miles)
• Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,390 ft)
• Rate of climb: 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
• Wing loading: 37.9 kg/m² (7.77 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.15 kW/kg (0.09 hp/lb)

Armament

• 2 × .303 in Vickers machine guns