Nieuport Triplane
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| Nieuport Triplane | |
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| Nieport 10 Triplane | |
| Role | Experimental |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Nieuport |
| Number built | 4 |
| Developed from | Nieuport 10, 17, and 17bis |
The Nieuport Triplanes were a series of Nieuport 10, 17 and 17bis based triplanes built by Nieuport.[1]
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Design and Development
Nieuport 10 Triplane
In 1915, Gustave Delage modified a Nieuport 10 with a set of triplane wings in an unusual fore-aft-fore stagger for testing, this design was later patented in 1916.[1]
Nieuport 17 Triplane
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Nieuport 17 Triplane showing its unusual wing stagger.
Two Nieuport 17s, modified with reversed stagger on the upper mainplane and armed with one Lewis machine gun) were tested by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).[2]
Nieuport 17bis triplane
One more triplane, modified from a Nieuport 17bis, was also tested and allotted to No. 11 Squadron RNAS until June 1917.[1] It was never given an official designation.
