CAMS 46

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CAMS 46
CAMS 46 E L'Aeronautique January,1926.jpg
CAMS 46 E
General information
TypeFlying boat trainer
Manufacturer CAMS
Primary user French Navy
History
First flight 1926

The CAMS 46 was a flying boat trainer aircraft built in France in the mid-1920s, essentially an updated version of the CAMS 30 that had flown in 1922. While retaining that aircraft's basic form, CAMS offered the French Navy two new versions with aerodynamic refinements over the earlier aircraft: the CAMS 46 E primary trainer, and the CAMS 46 ET intermediate trainer. Only the latter was selected for production and was built in quantity to supply one escadrille at the Naval training station at Hourtin.

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Variants

CAMS 42 ET.2
(Jane's 1928 has this aircraft designated CAMS 42 ET.2, probably the CAMS 46 mis-identified) Flying boat trainer powered by a 110 kW (150 hp)/ 130 kW (180 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8 V-8 engine. [1]
CAMS 46 E
A primary trainer flying boat derived from the CAMS 30, powered by a 110 kW (150 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 engine.
CAMS 46 ET
The intermediate trainer version of the CAMS 46, powered by a 130 kW (180 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 engine.

Operators

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Specifications (46 ET)

CAMS 46E 3-view drawing from L'Air May 15,1928 CAMS 46E 3-view L'Air May 15,1928.png
CAMS 46E 3-view drawing from L'Air May 15,1928

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [1] Aviafrance, CAMS 46 ET [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 93c.
  2. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 46 ET". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

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