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The Nieuport Triplane was a series of Nieuport 10/17 based triplanes built by Nieuport.[1]

Nieuport Triplane
Nieport 10 Triplane
Role	Experimental Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Nieuport
Number built	4

Design and Development

Nieuport 10 Triplane

In 1915, Gustave Delage modified a Nieuport 10 with a set of triplane wings in an unusual fore-aft-fore stagger for testing, this design was later patented in 1916.[1]

Nieuport 17 Triplane

Two Nieuport 17s, modified with reversed stagger on the upper mainplane and armed with one Lewis machine gun) were tested by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).[2]

Nieuport 17bis triplane

One more triplane, modified from a Nieuport 17bis, was also tested and allotted to No. 11 Squadron RNAS until June 1917.[1] Having never been ordered into production, it was never given an official designation.

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