- Nieuport IV
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Nieuport IV 1912 Nieuport IVG displayed in the Flygvapenmuseum at Malmen near Linköping, Sweden. Role Sporting and military monoplane National origin France First flight 1911 Introduction 1911 Status preserved in museums Primary users Private pilots
Air ForcesVariants Nieuport VI The Nieuport IV was a French-built sporting, training and reconnaissance monoplane of the early 1910s.
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Design and development
Societe Anonyme des Etablissements Nieuport had been formed in 1909 by Edouard de Nieuport. The Nieuport IV was a development of the early Nieuport series of his monoplanes, which commenced with the single-seat Nieuport I. It was initially designed as a two-seat sporting monoplane, but quickly found ready customers with the air forces of several countries. It was initially powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) rotary engine, which was later replaced by a 70 hp (52 kW) powerplant.[1]
Operational history
The first Nieuport IVs were built in 1911. The design was quickly adopted by several air arms, including the Swedish Air Force, which was presented by four individuals with a model IVG in 1912, becoming the initial equipment of that force.[2] The IVG was one of the principal aircraft used by the Imperial Russian Air Service during its formative years.[citation needed] Lt Pyotr Nesterov performed the first ever loop over Kiev in a model IV on 27 August 1913.[citation needed]
Variants
- IV
- basic civilian model
- IVG
- basic military model
- IVH
- float-equipped model
- IVM
- observation variant with 100 h.p. Gnome
Survivors
The Swedish Air Force maintained their first model IV in airworthy condition until 1965.[3] This aircraft is now preserved in the Flygvapenmuseum at Malmen near Linköping.[4] The Museo del Aire at Cuatro Vientos near Madrid has a full scale replica of one of their model IVs.[5]
Operators
Military
(source : Priswell)
Specifications (IVM)
Data from Aviafrance
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 22.0 m2 (237 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 483 kg (1,065 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary piston, 75 kW (100 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph; 65 kn)
- Time to altitude: 12 minutes 40 seconds to 500m
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