Kamov Ka-10
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Kamov
Kamov is a Russian rotor-winged aircraft manufacturing company that was founded by Nikolai Il'yich Kamov, who started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii...
Ka-10 (NATO reporting name
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
Hat) was a Soviet single-seat observation helicopter that first flew in 1950.
It was a development of Ka-8
Kamov Ka-8
The Kamov Ka-8 "Иркутянин" was a tiny Soviet helicopter that first flew in 1947.It was a precursor of the Ka-10.The Ka-8 was a single-seat helicopter with a 27hp M-76 engine, boosted to 45hp by using alcohol for fuel....
, not much more than an open rig with an engine and coaxial rotor
Coaxial rotor
Coaxial rotors are a pair of helicopter rotors mounted one above the other on concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but that turn in opposite directions...
s. Only 12 units were built.
Variants
- Ka-10 : Single-seat observation helicopter.
- Ka-10M : Improved version fitted with twin tail fins and rudders.