Kamov Ka-50 Чёрная акула (Black Shark) The Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (Russian: Чёрная акула; Chornaya Akula Black Shark, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. It was designed in the 1980s, developed from the Kamov V-80 and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. It is currently manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev. It is being used as a heavily armed scout helicopter. During the late 1990s, Kamov and Israel Aerospace Industries developed a tandem-seat cockpit version, the Kamov Ka-50-2 Erdogan, to compete in Turkeys attack helicopter competition. Kamov also designed another two-seat variant, the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Russian: Аллигатор, NATO reporting name: Hokum B). General characteristics Crew: 1 (2 for Ka-52) Length: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in) Rotor diameter: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) Height: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²) Empty weight: 7,700 kg (17,000 lb) Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb; Ka-52: 10,400 kg / 22,930lb) Max. takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Klimov TV3-117 turboshaft, 1,641 kW (2,200shp) each Performance Never exceed speed: 350 km/h (189 knots, 217 mph) in dive Maximum speed: 315 km/h (170 knots, 196 mph) in level flight Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph) Range: 545 km (339 miles) Combat radius: 470 km (294 mi) Ferry range: 1,160 km (720 mi) with 4 drop tanks Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft) Rate of climb: 10 m/s (32.8 ft/s) Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²) Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb) Armament Guns: 1x mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (460 rounds total, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag) Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of 2,000 kg and provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: 80 x 80 mm S-8 rockets and 20 x 122 mm S-13 rocket, Missiles: 2 x APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, Kh-25 semi-active laser guided tactical air-to-ground missiles Bombs: 4x 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, Other: 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks. Reportedly, twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles). Two pods on the wingtips with flare and chaff countermeasure dispensers, 4 UV-26 dispensers each (total 512 chaff/flare cartridges in each pod)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:09:58 +0000
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