CAMS 30
| CAMS 30 | |
|---|---|
 CAMS 33E |
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| Type: | Flying boat |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
1922 |
| Commissioning: |
1922 |
| Production time: |
from 1922 |
| Number of pieces: |
33 + 1 prototype |
The CAMS 30 was a two-seat, single-engine flying boat manufactured in France in the early 1920s.
history
It was the first flying boat that the Italian Raffaele Conflenti (1889-1946) developed for the French aviation company Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (short: CAMS). Conflenti previously worked for Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI).
The CAMS Series 30E was a biplane and was used as a training flying boat. The prototype was presented at the Salon de l'Aéronautique in Paris in 1922 . The positive development of the type led to several orders. 22 machines alone were ordered for the French military. Seven aircraft were exported to Yugoslavia and four to Poland .
The version for general aviation had the designation CAMS 30T and two additional passenger seats. In August 1924, the works pilot Ernest Burri started a world tour with this machine and set a speed record for passenger seaplanes. The exact number of CAMS 30T produced is not known.
variants
- CAMS 30E: (1922) two-seat military training flying boat
- CAMS 31: (1922) single-seat prototype with Hispano-Suiza 8Fb engine; it served as the starting model for the later built CAMS 31P (mail flying boat)
- CAMS 30T: (1924) Passenger version of the CAMS 30E with two additional seats
Trainer version data
| crew | 2 (student pilot and instructor) |
| length | 9.28 m |
| span | 12.40 m |
| height | 3.12 m |
| Wing area | 43.0 m² |
| Empty mass | 885 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 1180 kg |
| Engine | 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8A , output 112 kW (approx. 150 PS) with four-blade pusher propeller |
| Cruising speed | ~ 153 km / h |
literature
- Michael JH Taylor (Ed.): Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Jane's Publishing Company, London 1989, ISBN 1-85170-324-1
Web links
- Photo CAMS 30E serial number: 23
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation, p. 225