CAMS 51

__NOTOC__ Infobox Aircraft
name=51


caption=
type=Transport flying boat
manufacturer=CAMS
designer=Maurice Hurel
first flight=1926
introduced=
retired=
status=
primary user=
more users=
produced=
number built=3
variants with their own articles=

The CAMS 51 was a transport flying boat built in France in the mid 1920s. Designed as a private venture by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS), it was a conventional biplane with two radial engines mounted in a tractor-pusher installation in the interplane gap. One example (the 51C) was sold to Aéropostale, which used it for tests in preparation for transatlantic services. CAMS also built a militarised version as the 51R3 in the hopes of interesting the French Navy in it as a reconnaissance aircraft, but no order was forthcoming. A final aircraft was built as a record-breaking machine originally designated 51-3 R that broke the world payload-to-altitude record on 18 August 1927 by lifting 2,000 kg to 4,684 m (15,368 ft). This aircraft was later used as a pathfinder for French airmail routes to South America.

Operators

;FRA
*Aeropostale

pecifications (51C)

aerospecs
met or eng?= met

crew=Two
capacity=4 passengers
length m=13.78
length ft=45
length in=2
span m=20.40
span ft=66
span in=11
swept m=
swept ft=
swept in=
rot number=
rot dia m=
rot dia ft=
rot dia in=
dia m=
dia ft=
dia in=
width m=
width ft=
width in=
height m=5.00
height ft=16
height in=5
wing area sqm=115.0
wing area sqft=1,237
swept area sqm=
swept area sqft=
rot area sqm=
rot area sqft=
volume m3=
volume ft3=
aspect ratio=
empty weight kg=3,150
empty weight lb=6,945
gross weight kg=5,150
gross weight lb=11,354
lift kg=
lift lb=

eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Gnome et Rhône licence-built Bristol Jupiter 9Aa
eng1 kw= 283
eng1 hp= 380
eng1 kn=
eng1 lbf=
eng1 kn-ab=
eng1 lbf-ab=
eng2 number=
eng2 type=
eng2 kw=
eng2 hp=
eng2 kn=
eng2 lbf=
eng2 kn-ab=
eng2 lbf-ab=

max speed kmh=200
max speed mph=125
max speed mach=
cruise speed kmh=
cruise speed mph=
range km=1,00
range miles=620
endurance h=
endurance min=
ceiling m=4,600
ceiling ft=15,100
glide ratio=
climb rate ms=
climb rate ftmin=
sink rate ms=
sink rate ftmin=

armament1=
armament2=
armament3=
armament4=
armament5=
armament6=

References

*
* [http://www.aviafrance.com/7942.htm aviafrance.com]

ee also

aircontent

related=

similar aircraft=

sequence=
* ← 38 - 46 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 →

lists=

see also=