page_title: Nieuport 21
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Nieuport 21 / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: Nieuport 17 Type N airfoil drawings
context_page_description: The Nieuport 21 was a French single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft used during World War I. The aircraft was used by the French, Russian, British and American air forces. After the war, the Nieuport 21 was a popular civil aircraft.
context_section_description: Data from French Aircraft of the First World War and Nieuport 1875-1911
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
  Upper wingspan: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in) 
  Upper Chord: 1.233 m (4 ft 0.5 in)
  Wing Sweep: 3° 20'
  Lower wingspan: 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) 
  Lower Chord: 720 m (2,360 ft)
  Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
  Wing area: 14.75 m² (158.8 sq ft)
  Airfoil: N
  Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
  Gross weight: 530 kg (1,168 lb)
  Undercarriage track: 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
  Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  Propellers: 2-bladed Levasseur 450 or Régy 310 fixed pitch wooden propeller, 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) diameter 
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
  Range: 250 km (160 mi, 130 nmi)
  Endurance: 2 hours
  Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft)
  Time to altitude: 
  8.45 minutes 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  15.7 minutes 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
  Armament
  Guns: 1 x .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
caption: Nieuport Type N airfoil drawings
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