Raymond Saulnier and Leon Morane were boyhood friends who were among the early pioneers in French aviation. Their Type N was a shoulder wing monoplane powered by a 80 hp Le Rhone rotary engine. The rotary engine with attached propeller would spin around a fixed pole, creating a lot of torque. Ailerons were not used on the Morane; instead a wing warping technique was used. The famous pre-war French pilot, Roland Garros flew a Morane-Saulnier L to score 3 victories before shooting off his propeller and crashing behind German lines. While there were some synchronization systems invented, none of the combatant nations were using them. Garros had steel wedges attached to his propeller on the L to deflect the bullets fired from his Hotchkiss machinegun. This was essentially the same system used on the N. The N was a stop gap measure until the better Nieuport and SPAD airplanes were introduced. The Royal Flying Corps and the Russian Air Service also flew the N.
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Eduard produced 2 1/48 versions of the N. The first was one of its earlier kits and is best described as limited run. With more advanced tooling it re-did the kit in 2004 and produced an excellent product. Sadly, the kit is now out of production. I had previously built a French N and decided to add an RFC version to my collection. The kit goes together without any serious fit issues, except for the tailskid. I could not get it to fit properly either time. The tailplane is very fragile with no attachment points. I did a better job of attaching it on the RFC version. The cockpit is fairly detailed for a WW I airplane and goes together easily. I used some of the pe that Eduard provided in the kit, but not a lot. All in all a nice kit and an easy build.