I know Airdrome Aeroplanes owner Robert Baslee. He's a good designer
and his aircraft are well engineered. I've been to his shop and I was
impressed with the quality of his operation. The kits are good.

Watching videos I was blown away by how quickly the Full-sized Nieuport
17 accelerated and took off. It used a 2180cc VW engine with a Valley
Engineering redrive and a 96 inch prop. I hear the planes are not
difficult to fly, but taildragger experience is necessary. I suspect
that flying quality has a lot to do with how accurately one adjusts the
rigging.

If I was starting over I would build one of these Nieuport kits instead
of building from the Graham Lee plans.

My buddy Ray is building a Nieuport 28 with a radial engine. There are
some photos of it on the web page at http://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/

- John Ousterhout -



Candice wrote:
Hi All,
Does anybody have any opinion on the quality of the WW1 full scale
replica kits offered by Aerodrome Aeroplanes? How about flying
characteristics, overall kit quality, any other stuff of interest
pertaining to these kits?

Thanks,

Candice