CAMS 33
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| 33 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | CAMS |
| Designed by | Raffaele Conflenti |
| Maiden flight | 1923 |
| Number built | 21 |
The CAMS 33 was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the early 1920s. It was designed in response to a French Navy requirement for new flying boats for various roles. Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) submitted prototype aircraft in two categories of the Navy requirement - both as a reconnaissance aircraft and as a transport. The design was a conventional biplane flying boat with equal-span unstaggered wings and two engines mounted in a single nacelle in tractor-pusher configuration on struts in the interplane gap. Accommodation consisted of an open cockpit for two, plus open bow and dorsal gun positions on the reconnaissance machine, or an enclosed cabin for seven passengers on the transport version.
The transport (33C or 33T) was passed over, but the armed reconnaissance version was accepted for production as the 33B. Twelve aircraft were eventually produced for the French Navy, these equipping Escadrille 1R1 at Cherbourg-Chantereyne. Another six machines were purchased by Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, the 33T prototype flew under a civil registration for a few years, but was unable to attract customers.
[edit] Specifications (33B)
General characteristics
- Crew: Three-Four
- Length: 13.23 m (43 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 17.62 m (57 ft 10 in)
- Height: 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)
- Gross weight: 4,000 kg (8,818 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8F, 208 kW (275 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph)
- Range: 820 km (510 miles)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,405 ft)
Armament
- 1 × trainable .303 Lewis gun in bow position
- 1 × trainable .303 Lewis gun in dorsal position
- 300 kg (660 lb) of bombs carried under lower wing
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 226.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 891 Sheet 02.
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