CAMS 33
Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine · France · first flew 1923 · reconnaissance aircraft
The CAMS 33 was a French reconnaissance flying boat of the early 1920s, a conventional biplane with equal-span unstaggered wings.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 2 × piston, wing-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 13.23 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Equal-span unstaggered biplane flying boat
- Two engines in a single nacelle in tractor-pusher configuration on struts between the wings
- Open bow and dorsal gun positions on the reconnaissance version
A biplane flying boat with its two 275 hp Hispano-Suiza 8F engines in one nacelle, one pulling and one pushing, mounted on struts in the interplane gap.
Specifications
- The CAMS 33 has a length of 13.23 m (43 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 17.62 m (58 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 175 km/h (109 mph).
- Typical crew: 3-4.
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History
CAMS designed it to answer a French Navy requirement for new flying boats for various roles, and submitted prototypes as both a reconnaissance aircraft and a transport. Raffaele Conflenti was the designer.
Variants
The reconnaissance version was the 33B. The transport (33C or 33T) had an enclosed cabin for seven passengers; its prototype flew under civil registration for a few years but attracted no customers.
Where you'll see it
The 33B was accepted for production: twelve were built for the French Navy, which used them with Escadrille 1R1 at Cherbourg-Chantereyne, and Yugoslavia bought another six.
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