Nieuport 12
The Nieuport 12 was a 1915 developed by the company Societe Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport French two-seat fighter, which was used in the First World War.
- 4.1 Literature
- 4.2 Notes and references
- 5.1 See also
Development
The Nieuport 12 was an enlarged and enhanced version of their very similar Nieuport 10AR dating back to 1914, when the place of the observer had been already mounted behind the pilot ( "AR" = " arrière " / rear compared to the previous version "AV "=" avant " / forward). Since mid- 1915, the remaining Never. 10 had been given the threat posed by the German Fokker fighter planes mainly converted into makeshift Jagdeinsitzern was a need for a more armed two-seater that never the. 10 could replace the Recon.
The Never. 12 A transparent wings center piece to the wing tip reaching ailerons and outwardly inclined wing struts. When engine was a 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhone 9J rotary engine or a 100 hp (82 kW) - used 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget engine; provided with the more powerful 130 -hp Clerget radial engine aircraft were called Nieuport 12bis. It was with a movable MG for the observer and a stiff armed on the upper wing over the propeller addition, forward firing MG for the pilot.
To equip the Royal Air Force 50 piece under license from the company Beardmore were made in England, which for the pilot and a movable Scarff - mount for the MG in equipping their Nieuports with a synchronized Vickers machine gun in the observer pulpit and in the course of manufacturing several modifications undertook.
Use
Countries
- Argentina ( Naval Aviation )
- Belgium ( Aviation Militaire Belge)
- Chile (an aircraft )
- France ( Aéronautique Militaire )
- Estonia ( Air Force )
- Greece ( Royal Navy )
- Japan ( Heeresfliegertruppe with 40 imported from France Nieuport 81E.2 and 57 manufactured by Mitsubishi under license aircraft )
- Poland ( Air Force )
- Portugal ( Air Force )
- Romania (Royal Flying Corps )
- Russia ( Imperial Russian Air Force, Air Force of the workers 'and peasants' government )
- Serbia
- Siam (Royal Air Force, an aircraft )
- Great Britain Royal Flying Corps No. 45 Squadron RFC
- No. 46 Squadron RFC
- No. 65 Squadron RFC
- No. 84 Squadron RFC
- No. 7 Squadron RNAS
- No. 10 Squadron RNAS
A Nieuport 12 is at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
Versions
- Nieuport 12A.2: Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft with 110 hp (82 kW) Clerget 9Z or 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhone 9J rotary engine.
- Nieuport 12bis C.2: Increasing the Performance version with 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget 9C- engine and aerodynamically shaped chassis
- Nieuport 13: 2 prototypes with extended wingspan but the same wing area as the standard model; a 140 hp (100 kW) Hispano Suiza engine, the other with 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône 9C engine.
- Nieuport 20: model with 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhône 9J engine; 21 pieces were delivered to the Royal Flying Corps until the prototype is identical to the Nieuport 12bis.
- Nieuport 81 Nieuport 80E.2 and E.2: In large numbers produced unarmed trainer aircraft. The Nieuport 80E.2 had a dual control, the Nieuport 81E.2 ) only a single control.
- Nieuport 83E.2: two-seat training aircraft with a common cockpit
- Nieuport 12 ( Beardmore ): Throughout the production, modified basic model of the Nieuport 12 with 110 or 130 hp Clerget engine.
- Mitsubishi Ko 1 trainer: Designation for 57 built under license in Japan Nieuport 81E.2
- Trainer Type 1: Used in Siam term for the Nieuport 80E.2
- Sipowicz 1: in Poland produced experimental aircraft.
Moreover, the produced small numbers of training aircraft Nieuport 13B with 80 PS Rhône rotary engine and the Nieuport 14 with Hispano -Suiza engine was derived (150 or 175 PS) from the Nieuport 12.