Keith
Zimmerly's scratch-built and designed Nieuport 11 Bebe
Keith Zimmerly's half-scale Nieuport 11 Bebe, built from plans of
his own design drawn on a 4X8 piece of Sheetrock. From the time
the pencil hit the sheetrock to completion was 4 weeks!!! The
finished product weighs in at under 45 pounds.
It
is powered by a 3W-106 Twin gas engine with a 32” prop, headers,
canister mufflers and a smoke system . It has a 148 ½ wingspan
(12 feet 4 ½ inches and is being covered in Solartex. Maiden
flight went off without a hitch and she flew perfectly. The gun
in the photo was designed and scratch built by Augie Lucidi
specifically for this plane. The fiberglass cowl was fabricated
from scratch by John Tanzer.
