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From Army Aviation Digest 1956.
At 0:20 it seems, as if the missile pod is slowly tilting downwards. Is
this just an illusion ? I thought it to be fixed at the pylon.
yep, it has the abilities to tilt the weapon pylons but i thought they would use this feature for the unguieded rockets
I could be wrong but most modern helicopters have articulated pylons. The computer moves the pylon to give the best performance to the missiles for the specific flight parameters at the time the missile is activated for launch. At higher speeds it is likely to be pointing down to give the missile the optimum relative wind for performance and also to keep the missile from pitching up immediately after launch to keep them away from the rotors which will likely have a forward/downward angle for the higher speed.
Testbed at best. No OES-52, no upgraded DIRCM (not even L418-5, let alone L370-5L).Pic of Ka-52M (testbed?) with the updates GOES turret that was seen in mockup form previously:
LuggageWhat is that huge box under the left wing?
Full-scale Minoga mockup seems to have pusher proplulsor in the middle of H-tail.
What is the name of this heavy chopper?Another project "heavyweight" was
OKB proposed NI Kamov-based
a five-blade main rotor diameter of 125
meters with jet drive from turboreak?
tive engine. According to calculations, a similar
superheavy helicopter? valve could create
lift 600 tons, which allowed
transported on external sling cereals?
nogabaritnoe and heavy industrial
equipment weighing up to 250 tons!
What is the name of this heavy chopper?
Instead of the semi-fixed cannon on the starboard side? Lot of weight forward of the CG!The project of installing a gun under the bow of the Ka-50 and Ka-52. Source: Техника и Вооружение 11-2022
Well I have seen stranger idea from the Russians. R-27 radar guided?
I wondered when I saw this picture, could the Ka-50 really use R-27 missiles ?
Technically, one could use R-77 not unlike R-73 because it does have it's own active seeker. R-27 could also be launched, but only an IR variant ( if guys in Yemen could launch it from a truck an d actually shoot down an UAV, why couldn't an helo with proper wiring from manufacturer?).Probably not? They did try mounting R-77 on the Su-25 - but it would have carried a large external radar pod to do so!
No. Ejection seat on Kamov is unique. It's lightweight, an uses rocket motor in separate assembly with pulley attached to the seat to extract seat from the helo. No other plane is n Russia uses it. Even ejection seat for Yak-152 is while also lightweight, still has more classical design.I am told it has been used with success several times, but I have no means of confirming this. The ejection seat in question, I am informed is very reliable and used in a number of Russian aircraft.