The plans allow a builder to complete the aircraft as either a Nieuport 17 or Nieuport 24.
The Nieuport 17/24 features a biplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear with and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The replica is built from a combination of wood and metal tubing, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 26.921NaN1 span wing, has a wing area of 162square feet and is supported by interplane struts, cabane struts and flying wires. The tail is also cable-braced. The acceptable power range is 145to and the standard engine used is the 1450NaN0 Warner Scarab seven cylinder radial engine.
Changes over the original aircraft design include the addition of main wheel brakes and a tailwheel, whereas the original aircraft had no brakes and fitted a tailskid.
The Nieuport 17/24 has a typical empty weight of 1000lb and a gross weight of 1280lb, giving a useful load of 280lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 130lb.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 1450NaN0 engine is 1250NaN0 and the landing roll is 3000NaN0.
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied plans as 2000 hours.
By 1998 the company reported that 100 aircraft were completed and flying.
