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what if any on the nieuport 17 (rpm, altitude, etc.)

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Mark Miller, a WWI enthusiast, has some excellent photo-realistic computer renderings of the Nieuport 17 that he’s done here:

http://mwmiller.theaerodrome.com/n17/index.html

You can see all the structural details of the plane exceptionally well in his artwork.

The cockpit really only has: a glass bulb that would pulse with gasoline to show that the fule is flowing properly; a tachometer, an altimeter, and a compass (which I think is mounted on the floor).

You can see an actual cockpit photo here:

http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/Nieuport17.shtml

Regards,

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thanks Drew, that help immensly

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Also, don’t forget the one mounted on the upper wing, just in front of the pilot’s face. I don’t know its function, but it’s there.
TOM

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Hey Tom,

I think that may be a mirror.

Regards,

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That’s would make sense. I hadn’t thought of a mirror. On the Nieuport 17 I just finished the other day, I was taking Eduard’s word for it when they provided a decal with an instrument face on it for that little round PE piece on the top wing. But then, as good as their WW I kits are, such things as markings, colors and details like that well, you just can’t trust them. Looks like I better take your word for it and cover it with Bare Metal Foil.
Thanks.
TOM

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Don’t move too fast, I misspoke:

http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/image_bank/dig_image.cfm?Lang=e&id=21172

If it’s the instrument you’re talking about, I think it’s the fuel gauge – right under the telecopic sight.

Regards,