• Co-axial rotor system • Multi-role versatility • Twin piston engines
First flown in 1965, the Ka-26 is widely used as an agricultural, ambulance, fire-fighting, survey and search and rescue helicopter. Its adaptability is largely a result of its unusual configuration. The piston engines are mounted on short wings and this allows a variety of payloads, including chemical spraying equipment, to be mounted aft of the enclosed cabin. It is a very compact design because the contra-rotating rotors mean that a tail rotor is not required.
Kamov Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum’
▼ Turhoshaft conversion
After developing the Ka-126. Kamov passed responsibility for tho production to IAR in Romania. Some customers havo had their older Ka-26s modified to Ka-126 standard.
A Compact people carrier
Even when configured for the carnago of seven passengers, the Kn-26 is a remarkably small helicopter. Few Russian aircraft havo been exported so successfully.
FACTS AND
Kamov announced the Ka-26 in 1964 and the aircraft entered large-scale agricultural use in the USSR in 1970.
► Search-and-rescue variants have a winch for towing rescue boats.
► Full instrumentation is provided for flying by day or night, and in all weathers.
FIGURES
>• In 1962 Ka-26s joined other holicopters transporting demolition teams whose ta*k was to keep Soviet rivers free of ice.
A towed ‘bird’ receives reflections from tho omitter of the prospecting version.
All payloads are carried at the Ка-гб’з centre of gravity.
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Ka-26 ‘Hoodlum-A’
Type: general-purpose *ght hcf-coptot
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Powerplant: two 242.5-kW <325-hp.) Vedeneyev M-14V-26 nine-cylinder air-coolod radial piston engines
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Maximum speed: 170 km/h (105 m. p.n,)
Range: 400 km (250 mi.) with seven passengers
Hover ceiling: BOO m (2.625 ft.) out of ground effect
Weights: empty ш passenger configuration 2100 kg (4.620 lb.); maxxnum take-oft 3250 kg (7.150 *>.)
Accommodation: ,- iiot plus seven passengers, up to 1065 kg (2.340 lb) ot chermcaia or cargo, or an 1100-kg (2500-lb) externally slung toad
Dimensions:
rotor diameter 13 m (42 ft. 7 kv)
fuselago length 7.75 m (25 It 5. in,)
height 4.05 m (13 ft. 4 л)
mam rotoi c*sc area 265.50 m-‘ (871 sq. ft)
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Kamov intended to use this sysfem in the development of the Kd-I1R. which was planned as a live-seat Inisiness heltcttpler with (ust one main mlor.
By 1993 nearly 900 Ka-26s had Ічеп Innlt and pnxlm tit in For crop-spraying the Ka-26 can carry 900 kg (200 lb.) of liquid. was continuing at tlu Kumettaou and when used as a duster capacity increases by 165 kg (360 tb.). Aviation l’r< situ non VvMH i. ition Most Russian Ka-26s are used to treat orchards and vineyards. With iLs strength and versatility, the НіхнІІит’ is likely to remain In чс-іл ісе for many years
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Each of the ar-cooted engnes has a largo fan «tod
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IU-2S HOOOtUM 1100 k| (2.200 lb.)
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■ HUGHES 300; In 1d83 Scftweize* acquired all rights for the 300. It has since developed a turbine-ef»ned version, the 330. __________________
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■ ROBINSON R22 BETA; As ono of tho
world’s most popular basic trainng helicopters. R22 is only occasionally used for spraying
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