Kamov Ka-115
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The Kamov
Ka-115 Moskvichka is a light multi-purpose helicopter designed for many uses, including passenger and cargo transportation, emergency service, SAR
and patrol, or charter flights.
A full-scale mockup of the helicopter was first built to optimize the layout of technological, operational, and ergonomic features. A wind tunnel model TsAGI was created to test flight characteristics and improve aerodynamic airframe layout. Laboratories tested the air intakes' dust device to improve efficiency. A model of the Ka-115 was presented at the aerospace show MAKS-95 in Zhukovsky
. Prototype's first flight was 1999 and the aircraft is in production.
The basic Ka-115 is powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada/Klimov PW206K/2 engine that drives a coaxial rotor system, equipped with rotor de-icing. The Ka-115 features a large five-door cabin with large windows and a skid undercarriage. The cabin is fitted with vibration and noise suppression, heating and ventilation systems, and comfortable shock-absorbing crew and passenger seats.
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-115 Moskvichka is a light multi-purpose helicopter designed for many uses, including passenger and cargo transportation, emergency service, SAR
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
and patrol, or charter flights.
Design and development
Development is based on extensive use of advanced technologies tested to ensure high performance and reduce operating costs.A full-scale mockup of the helicopter was first built to optimize the layout of technological, operational, and ergonomic features. A wind tunnel model TsAGI was created to test flight characteristics and improve aerodynamic airframe layout. Laboratories tested the air intakes' dust device to improve efficiency. A model of the Ka-115 was presented at the aerospace show MAKS-95 in Zhukovsky
Ramenskoye Airport
Ramenskoye Airport , also known as Ramenskoye Airfield or Zhukovsky Airfield, is an airport in Moscow Oblast, Russia located 40 km southeast of Moscow and near the town of Ramenskoye. It serves as a major aircraft testing facility since the Cold War years with the majority of the major Russian...
. Prototype's first flight was 1999 and the aircraft is in production.
The basic Ka-115 is powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada/Klimov PW206K/2 engine that drives a coaxial rotor system, equipped with rotor de-icing. The Ka-115 features a large five-door cabin with large windows and a skid undercarriage. The cabin is fitted with vibration and noise suppression, heating and ventilation systems, and comfortable shock-absorbing crew and passenger seats.
Specifications
- Crew: 1
- Passengers: 5
- Engine: 1 x 477kW P&WC/K 206D turboshaft
- Rotor diameter: 9.5 m (31.2 ft)
- Fuselage length: 9.2 m (30.2 ft)
- Height: 3.6 metre
- Width: 2 metre
- Take-off weight: 1850 kg (4,078.6 lb)
- Max. speed: 250 km/h (155.3 mph)
- Cruising speed: 230 km/h (142.9 mph)
- Rate of climb: 11.5 m/s (37.7 ft/s)
- Service ceiling: 5200 m (17,060.4 ft)
- Range: 780 km (484.7 mi)
- Payload: 700–900 kg (1,543.2–1,984.2 lb)