page_title: Nieuport 16
section_title: Specifications (Nieuport 16 C.1)
hierarchical_section_title: Nieuport 16 / Specifications (Nieuport 16 C.1)
caption_attribution_description: English: Nieuport N.16 C.1 with Le Prieur rockets
context_page_description: The Nieuport 16 C.1 was a French World War I single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft, designed by Gustave Delage as a development of the Nieuport 11 with a more powerful engine. The Nieuport 16's service life coincided with the period when the first air-to-air rockets, the Le Prieur rocket, were used most frequently, and the type has a closer association with them than any other aircraft.
context_section_description: Data from Davilla, 1997, p.378, Pommier, 2002, p.171 and Durkota, 1995, p.358
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 5.640 m (18 ft 6 in)
  Upper wingspan: 7.520 m (24 ft 8 in) 
  Upper Chord: 1.200 m (3 ft 11.2 in)
  Wing sweep: 3° 30'
  Lower wingspan: 7.400 m (24 ft 3 in) 
  Lower Chord: 0.700 m (2 ft 3.6 in)
  Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
  Wing area: 13.30 m² (143.2 sq ft)
  Airfoil: Type N
  Empty weight: 375 kg (827 lb)
  Gross weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
  Fuel capacity: 45 kg
  Undercarriage track: 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
  Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9J 9-cylinder rotary engine, 82 kW (110 hp)  (nominal rated power, not measured power)
  Propellers: 2-bladed Levasseur 482 wooden propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn) at sea level
  156 km/h (97 mph; 84 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  Endurance: 2 hours
  Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,700 ft)
  Time to altitude: 
  5 minutes 50 seconds to 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  10 minutes 10 seconds to 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
  Wing loading: 39.6 kg/m² (8.1 lb/sq ft) 
  Power/mass: 4.9 kg/hp
  Armament
  1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine gun OR 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
  8 × air to air Le Prieur rockets for use against observation balloons (optional)
caption: Nieuport 16 with le Prieur rockets and the typical Verdun camouflage
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