Nieuport flying habits

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Curious if anyone out there would like to comment on the flying habits
of the Graham Lee 7/8ths Nieuport 11 replicas. I'm thinking of buying
one and curious what people have to say. I have mostly Ercoupe (with
rudders) and Cessna time, but also a fair amount of glider time, so I
know how to use a rudder but have very little official taildragger
time.
Ryan in Madison, WI

[John Ousterhout]

They fly OK once off the ground. On the ground the Nieuport 11 is a
challenge.

Try this Nieuport group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nieuport_Builders/

Some of the guys there have a lot of experience. Dick Starks has been
flying his Nieuport 11 for about 20 years... and only has a couple dozen
ground loops :-)

- John Ousterhout -
Nieuport builder, Cessna Pilot


wrote:
> Curious if anyone out there would like to comment on the flying habits
> of the Graham Lee 7/8ths Nieuport 11 replicas. I'm thinking of buying
> one and curious what people have to say. I have mostly Ercoupe (with
> rudders) and Cessna time, but also a fair amount of glider time, so I
> know how to use a rudder but have very little official taildragger
> time.
> Ryan in Madison, WI
>

[Montblack]

wrote)
> Curious if anyone out there would like to comment on the flying habits
> of the Graham Lee 7/8ths Nieuport 11 replicas. I'm thinking of buying
> one and curious what people have to say. I have mostly Ercoupe (with
> rudders) and Cessna time, but also a fair amount of glider time, so I
> know how to use a rudder but have very little official taildragger
> time.


http://www.eaa292.org/noonpatrol.html
Nieuport 11 replicas of the Noon Patrol


Montblack

[Bret Ludwig]

Montblack wrote:
> wrote)
> > Curious if anyone out there would like to comment on the flying habits
> > of the Graham Lee 7/8ths Nieuport 11 replicas. I'm thinking of buying
> > one and curious what people have to say. I have mostly Ercoupe (with
> > rudders) and Cessna time, but also a fair amount of glider time, so I
> > know how to use a rudder but have very little official taildragger
> > time.

Before spending dime one on the Nieuport, I would get some dual in a
tailwheel biplane (look in TAP: such places exist.) You may find it's
not for you and save a LOT of money.

I might have killed myself a lot of years ago if not for some free
back seat time I got in T-6s. Boy was that educational.