CAMS 46

{{Short description|Flying boat built in France}} __NOTOC__  {{Infobox aircraft | name = CAMS 46 | image = CAMS 46 E L'Aéronautique January,1926.jpg | caption = CAMS 46 E | type = Flying boat trainer | manufacturer = CAMS | designer = | first_flight = 1926 | introduction = | retired = | status = | primary_user = French Navy | more_users = | produced = | number_built = | variants = }}

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.

==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 {{cvt|150|hp|order=flip}}/ {{cvt|180|hp|order=flip}} Hispano-Suiza 8 V-8 engine.<ref name=JAWA1928>{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1928 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=93c}}</ref> ;CAMS 46 E: A primary trainer flying boat derived from the CAMS 30, powered by a {{cvt|150|hp|order=flip}} Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 engine. ;CAMS 46 ET: The intermediate trainer version of the CAMS 46, powered by a {{cvt|180|hp|order=flip}} Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 engine. ==Operators== ;{{FRA}} *French Navy

==Specifications (46 ET) == thumb|CAMS 46E 3-view drawing from L'Air May 15,1928 {{Aircraft specs |ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928<ref name=JAWA1928/> Aviafrance, CAMS 46 ET<ref name="afcams46ET">{{cite web|last1=Parmentier|first1=Bruno|title=C.A.M.S. 46 ET|url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1200&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=284&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=|website=Aviafrance|accessdate=24 February 2018|location=Paris|language=French}}</ref> |prime units?=met  |crew=2 |length m=9.07 |span m=12 |height m=2.97 |wing area sqm=37 |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=978 |gross weight kg=1350 |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Hispano-Suiza 8Ab |eng1 type=V-8 water-cooled piston engine |eng1 hp=180

|prop blade number=2 |prop name=fixed pitch propeller |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note=  |max speed kmh=157 |max speed note=<br> *'''Minimum speed''' {{cvt|72|km/h|mph kn}} *'''Alighting speed:''' {{cvt|67|km/h|mph kn}} |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km=450 |ferry range km= |ferry range miles= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance= |ceiling m=3500 |g limits= |roll rate= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude={{cvt|2000|m}} in 16 minutes 45 seconds |wing loading kg/m2=36.48 |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass={{cvt|0.0505|hp/lb|kW/kg}} |thrust/weight=

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==References== {{commons category|CAMS 46}} {{reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=226 }} * {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 891 Sheet 02 }}

Category:1920s French military trainer aircraft Category:Flying boats 46 Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft Category:Biplanes Category:Aircraft first flown in 1926