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The Circa Reproductions Nieuports are a family of Canadian 7/8 scale World War I sesquiplane aircraft replicas designed by Graham Lee of Lamont, Alberta for amateur construction from plans sold by Lee's company Circa Reproductions. Leading Edge Air Foils of Peyton, Colorado at one time also made construction kits available. Lee's Nieuports were amongst the earliest First World War replicas available and paved the way for later companies to produce plans and kits for a great variety of warbirds.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 194. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 56. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012〕〔Downey, Julia: ''2003 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 18. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-43 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4〕〔Raisner, William: ''LEAF catalog'', pages 409-412. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.〕〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 97. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕 The aircraft's design was attributed to "the result of many years of affection for WWI type aircraft and a "too limited" flying budget."〔 ==Design and development== The Nieuport 11 was the first design in the family and is a 7/8 (87%) scale version of the original French Nieuport 11 ''Bebe'' fighter. The prototype, registered as a Canadian basic ultralight as C-IRCA, fist flew in July 1984.〔〔〔 The Nieuport 11 is constructed from 6061-T6 aluminum tubing, supported with 2024-T3 aluminum gussets, held together with blind rivets. At one point welded steel tube fuselages were also available. The wings, tail and fuselage are then covered with doped aircraft fabric. Landing gear is conventional, with spoked mainwheels with bungee suspension. The original design calls for a tailskid, the same as the World War One original aircraft, but since the skid is impractical on hard surfaced runways, a tailwheel is optional. The engine cowling is a horseshoe shaped semi-circular design.〔〔〔 Recommended engines for the aircraft include the Rotax 447, the Rotax 503, Volkswagen air-cooled engines and various Hirth engines. The designer estimated that the Nieuport 11 would take 400 hours to construct.〔〔〔〔 The aircraft have been described as being "very easy to fly, even by novice pilots."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Circa Reproductions Nieuport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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