Nieuport-Delage NiD 48
Nieuport-Delage · France · first flew 1927 · fighter
The Nieuport-Delage NiD 48 was a single-engined parasol-wing light fighter designed for a French light fighter competition of 1926. Unlike many Nieuport designs of the period it was a monoplane rather than a sesquiplane.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Parasol wing of constant chord with blunt tips, mounted above the fuselage on a cabane |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Parasol wing of constant chord with blunt tips, mounted above the fuselage on a cabane
- Cutout in the wing above the cockpit for pilot visibility
- Elliptical cantilever tailplane at mid-fuselage height with a rounded unbalanced rudder
A parasol monoplane with a single-seat open cockpit under the wing trailing edge and an upright V-12 engine in the nose. A streamlined strut on each side braces the wing to the undercarriage.
Specifications
- The Nieuport-Delage NiD 48 has a length of 6.4 m (21 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 10 m (33 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 276 km/h (171 mph).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
It resembled the NiD 42 but lacked an ancillary wing and was smaller and only half the loaded weight. The first prototype began its official tests in May 1927.
Variants
The first prototype had a 400 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Jb and the second, the NiD 48bis, a 500 hp 12Hb. Three airframes were completed, two of them airworthy.
Where you'll see it
Performance was not markedly better than the heavier NiD 62, apart from rate of climb, and the NiD 62 was closer to production, so work on the NiD 48 was stopped. One prototype was used for a time for training before being retired in the 1930s.
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