![]() ![]() ![]() Star) K-37-800 ejection seat, which is a rare feature for a helicopter. įor improved pilot survivability the Ka-50 is fitted with a NPP Zvezda (transl. The Ka-50's entire transmission presents a comparatively small target to ground fire. The omission of the tail rotor is a qualitative advantage, because the torque-countering tail rotor can use up to 30% of engine power. ![]() Like other Kamov helicopters, it features Kamov's characteristic coaxial contra-rotating rotor system, which removes the need for the entire tail rotor assembly and improves the aircraft's aerobatic qualities-it can perform loops, rolls and "the funnel" ( circle-strafing), where the aircraft maintains a line-of-sight to the target while flying circles of varying altitude and airspeed around it. During operational testing from 1985 to 1986, the workload on the pilot was found to be similar to that of a fighter-bomber pilot, such that the pilot could perform both flying and navigation duties. Development of the helicopter was first reported in the West in 1984, while the first photograph appeared in 1989. Production of the attack helicopter was ordered by the Soviet Council of Ministers on 14 December 1987. The Ka-50 is the production version of the V-80Sh-1 prototype. Kamov also designed another two-seat variant, the Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator" (Russian: Аллигатор, NATO reporting name: Hokum B). ![]() It is used as a heavily armed scout helicopter, and is notable for having a rescue ejection system, rare for helicopters.ĭuring the late 1990s, Kamov and Israel Aerospace Industries developed a tandem-seat cockpit version, the Kamov Ka-50-2 "Erdogan" (Russian: Эрдоган, Turkish: Erdoğan), to compete in Turkey's attack helicopter competition. The Ka-50 is manufactured by the Progress company in Arsenyev. It was designed in the 1980s and adopted for service in the Russian army in 1995. The Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" ( Russian: Чёрная акула, romanized: Chyornaya akula, English: kitefin shark, NATO reporting name: Hokum A) is a Soviet/Russian single-seat attack helicopter with the distinctive coaxial rotor system of the Kamov design bureau. ![]()
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