CAMS 38

The CAMS 38 was a French single-seat racing flying-boat designed by Raffaele Conflenti and built by Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) for the 1923 Schneider Trophy race.

[1] The CAMS 38 was a single-seat equal-span biplane with a 380 hp (283 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Fd Spécial inline piston engine faired into the underside of the upper wing.

[1] The single-seat cockpit was located forward of the wing leading edge towards the front of the hull.

[1] The CAMS 38 was flown in the 1923 Schneider Trophy race by the company's chief test pilot Maurice Hurel.

During the second lap Hurel was forced to land with a vibrating engine and loss of power.