CAMS 33
| CAMS 33 | |
|---|---|
 CAMS 33C |
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| Type: | Flying boat |
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| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
1923 |
| Number of pieces: |
21 in different versions |
The CAMS 33 was a flying boat that was built in France in the early 1920s. It was designed as a transport and reconnaissance flying boat at the request and according to the specifications of the French Navy .
history
Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) received the order after the prototype was presented in 1923 by the designer Raffaele Conflenti. In terms of design, the CAMS 33 was a twin-engine, double - decker flying boat, in the versions with an open cockpit with two to four men as an armed reconnaissance aircraft or with a closed cabin that could transport seven passengers with equipment in addition to the pilot. The transport version was manufactured under the type designations CAMS 33T and 33C. The reconnaissance version was named CAMS 33B. The special feature of the 33 series was the motor arrangement. The front engine worked with a pulling propeller and the second in the shared motor pod behind it with a pusher propeller . If one engine failed, the CAMS 33 could still safely reach a landing pad with one engine.
Twelve flying boats of the series were used by the French Navy at the Port Cherbourg-Octeville base for the Escadrille 1R1 . The Kingdom of Yugoslavia acquired six more machines for its air force.
The first prototype of the CAMS 33T, which had its maiden flight in 1923, was operated under a civil registration for several years by a private customer in France. A total of 21 CAMS 33 flying boats were built.
Specifications
| Parameter | Data (CAMS 33B) |
|---|---|
| use | Reconnaissance flying boat |
| crew | 1 pilot and 1 to 3 man crew, depending on the purpose |
| length | 13.23 m |
| span | 17.62 m |
| height | 4.88 m |
| Takeoff mass | Max. 4000 kg |
| Engine | 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8F with 208 kW (275 PS) each |
| Top speed | 175 km / h |
| Range | 820 km |
| Max. Flight time | 18 h |
| Service ceiling | 5000 m |
| Armament | 1 × Lewis machine gun caliber .303 British (GB) in the bow 2 × Lewis MG in the stern 2 × max. 300 kg bombs left and right under the lower wings |
literature
- Taylor, John WR and Jean Alexander. Combat Aircraft of the World. New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-71810-564-8 .
- Taylor, Michael JH Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989. ISBN 0-517-69186-8 .
