Airdrome Nieuport 28 Explained

The Airdrome Nieuport 28 is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.^[1]

The aircraft is a full-scale replica of the First World War French Nieuport 28 fighter. The replica is built from modern materials and powered by modern engines.

Design and development

The Airdrome Nieuport 28 features a strut-braced biplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from aluminum tubing and gussets which are pull riveted together. Its flying surfaces covered in aircraft fabric. The kit is made up of twelve sub-kits. The Airdrome Nieuport 28 has a wingspan of 251NaN1 and a wing area of 204square feet. It can be equipped with engines ranging from 110to. The standard engine used is the 1100NaN0 four stroke Rotec R2800 radial engine. Building time from the factory-supplied kit is estimated at 500 hours by the manufacturer.^[2]

Operational history

Two examples had been completed by December 2011.

Notes and References

1. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 40. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
2. Web site: Nieuport 28 Full Scale . 24 September 2012. Airdrome Aeroplanes. n.d. . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213104339/http://airdromeairplanes.com/Nieuport28%7BFullscale%7D.html . 13 December 2010.