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The CAMS 80 was an amphibious reconnaissance flying boat flown in the early 1930s. Two were built with different engines and were used by the Aéronavale for VIP transport and equipment development until 1938. Design and developmentThe all-metal CAMS 80 had a one-piece high wire-braced wing. This was built around two spars and had three distinct sections, with a long rectangular centre-section which occupied just over half the span and was mounted, without dihedral, on top of the fuselage. It was braced on each side by pairs of wires, upper ones running from the engine mounting to the spars at the end of the wing centre-section and below from the lower fuselage to the same points. Stabilizing floats on short struts were also positioned there. The outer sections were almost triangular, though with rounded tips and set with about 7° of dihedral to keep the tips clear of the water. Ailerons filled their trailing edges.[1][2] The CAMS 80 had a flat-sided fuselage. The planing underside was curved rather than V-shaped in cross-section and had two steps, one under the trailing edge of the wing and the other further aft.[2] There was one open crew position in the nose, wrapped round with a long, shallow window and fitted with a flexible gun mounting.[2] The pilots occupied an enclosed, multi-glazed cockpit ahead of the leading edge. Just behind the trailing edge there was another circular open gunner's-type position. At the rear the fin was broad and triangular with the tailplane, also triangular, mounted about half-way up. Both rudder and very high aspect ratio elevators were straight edged.[2] It was an amphibian with retractable wheels on cranked axles with rearward drag struts hinged from the fuselage sides and with near-vertical shock absorber legs. Other struts facilitated the raising of the wheels above the waterline[2] but no details are known. The CAMS 80 was powered by a single, tractor engine mounted centrally over the wing on pairs of narrow, transverse V-struts diagonally braced together; the forward pair contained a tall, tapered radiator. The engine was tilted slightly upwards and the propeller rotated over the wing.[2] The two examples built were fitted with several different water-cooled engines. Whilst under construction in 1929 the first prototype was described as having a {{convert|450|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Hispano engine,[9] but was on display, unflown, at the 1930 Paris Salon, with a {{convert|700|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Lorraine 18G Orion W-18 engine.[1] The CAMS 80 was, however, first flown powered by a {{convert|650|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Hispano 12Nbr V-12 engine in 1932. A second prototype, flown two years later, powered by a {{convert|860|hp|kW|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Hispano 12Ydrs V-12, differed from the first aircraft in having an open cockpit. Operational historyIn September 1933 the first prototype went into service with the French Naval Air Arm following fin modifications and the successful completion of its reception tests at the Saint Raphaël base.[13] There, early in 1934, it was contributing to long running tests of Ratier variable pitch propellers. Take-off time was reduced from about 19 seconds to 13 seconds, an improvement of 28%.[14] It was later used to transport VIPs. The second prototype joined it in the Air Arm, flight testing navigational instrumentation and radio equipment. They were retired in 1938 because of corrosion. Operators
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|guns= |bombs= |rockets= |missiles= |hardpoints= |hardpoint capacity= |hardpoint rockets= |hardpoint missiles= |hardpoint bombs= |hardpoint other= |avionics= }} References{{Commons category}}1. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal |date=12 December 1930|title=C.A.M.S.|journal= Flight|volume=XXII |issue=80 |pages=1430 |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201508.html}} [1][2][3][4][5][6]2. ^1 {{cite journal |date=28 November 1930 |title=C.A.M.S.|journal=L'Aérophile|pages=106|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554308c/f107 }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite journal |journal=L'Aéronautique |date=December 1931 |issue=150 |pages=99–100|title= V. Aviation navale| url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554809h/f19 }} 4. ^1 {{cite journal |date=19 September 1929|title=D'intéressants hydravions sont en construction|journal=Les Ailes|issue=431 |pages=9|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554661s/f9 }} 5. ^1 {{cite journal |date=18 January 1934|title=A Saint-Raphaël, les essais officiels des hélices Ratier à pas variable ont donné des résultats très favorables|journal=Les Ailes|issue=657 |pages=9|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6576022s/f6 }} 6. ^1 {{cite journal |date=8 September 1933|title=A Saint-Raphaël|journal=L'Aéro |volume=25|issue=1319 |pages=|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58278435/f3 }} }}{{CAMS aircraft}} 7 : Flying boats|Amphibious aircraft|CAMS aircraft|French military reconnaissance aircraft 1930–1939|Single-engined tractor aircraft|High-wing aircraft|Aircraft first flown in 1932 |
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