Kamov
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| Type | Joint stock company |
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| Founded | 1929 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Products | Military aircraft |
| Website | Official Website |
Nikolai Il'yich Kamov started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii. Up to the 1940s, they created more autogyros, including the A-7-3, the only armed one in the world that saw (limited) combat action.
Since then, the Kamov bureau (design office prefix Ka) has specialised in compact helicopters of coaxial-rotor design, suitable for naval service and high-speed operations.
Kamov is merging with Mil and Rostvertol to form Oboronprom Corp. in 2006. The Kamov brand name will be retained, though the new company will drop overlapping product lines.
[edit] Kamov designs
The name designations (beginning with H) belong to NATO.
| Date | Model | Comments |
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| September 25, 1929 | KaSkr-I Gyrocraft | The first Soviet autogyro, designed by Kamov and Skrzhinskii. Based on Cierva models. |
| 1934 | A-7 | An autogyro primarily used for observation duties. |
| 1944 | Ka-8 (Vertolet) | With his first true helicopter, Kamov introduced the coaxial scheme that the bureau still uses.
The Ka-8 was a single-seat helicopter with a 27 hp motorcycle engine, boosted to 45 hp by using alcohol for fuel. The rotor blades were made of reinforced wood. Three units built. |
| September 1949 | Ka-10 'Hat' | The Hat was an improved Ka-8 with a 55 hp Ivchenko engine that can reach 90 km/h.
The twin - tail was introduced in the Ka-10M. 12 units built. |
| 1952 | Ka-15 'Hen' | A two-seat multi-purpose helicopter designed primarily for the Soviet Navy that became known outside the USSR in 1955.
The civilian version was the Ka-15M. |
| 1955 | Ka-18 'Hog' | A Ka-15 with a large fuselage and a 280 hp Ivchenko AI-14VF engine. Could carry 4 passengers.
200 units built ( approx. ) |
| 1960 | Ka-20 'Harp' | First seen in the Soviet National Aviation Day of 1961, it was considered the Ka-25 prototype.
Was very similar to the Ka-15 and Ka-18. |
| 1960 | Ka-22 'Hoop' (Vintokryl) | This convertiplane achieved several records but only one unit was produced.
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| 1965 | Ka-25 'Hormone' | Ship-borne helicopter for the Soviet Navy. Near 500 built up to 1975
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| 1966 | Ka-26 'Hoodlum-A' | A typical Kamov design, a multi-purpose helicopter widely used by Aeroflot and exported to several countries.
More than 600 units built. |
| 1969 | V-50 | An attack helicopter project with tandem rotors. Cancelled. |
| 1978 | Ka-27 'Helix' | Replacement for the Ka-25 'Hormone'. First spotted on an Udaloy class destroyer |
| 1981 | Ka-28 'Helix' / Ka-32 'Helix' |
Civilian derivative and export variants of the Ka-27 |
| July 27, 1982 | Ka-50 'Hokum-A' | Also known as V-80, Werewolf & Black Shark
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| 1986 | Ka-116 'Hoodlum-B' | Turbine engine development of the Ka-26 |
| Middle of the 80s | V-100 | A heavy attack helicopter project with a pusher propeller to exceed the speed of 400 km/h.
It was to be armed with 3000 kg of bombs/rockets, two guns, and two anti-radar/anti-ship missiles. Not built. |
| 1990 | Ka-118 | A NOTAR ( No TAil Rotor ) development. |
| 1993 | Ka-128 | A Ka-126 development with an added intermediate gearbox, and Bendix King avionics. |
| 1998 | Ka-60 | Single main rotor operational helicopter by Kamov |
| 1994 | Ka-62 | Single main rotor operational helicopter by Kamov |
| 1994 | Ka-226 'Hoodlum' | Twin engine development of the Ka-126 |
| 90s | Ka-37 | An unmanned coaxial helicopter developed with Daewoo of South Korea initially designed for agricultural tasks.
Performances are a max weight of 250 kg ( 50 payload ), speed of 110km/h, and a flight duration about 45 minutes. |
