Ka10M

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The Kamov Ka-10 (NATO reporting name Hat) is a Soviet single-seat observation helicopter that first flew in 1949. Design and development. It was a development of Nikolay Kamov earlier Ka-8, which had been successful enough to allow Kamov to set up his own OKB (design bureau) in 1948. The Ka-10 made of similar layout to the Ka-8, with an open steel-tube structure carrying an engine, a pilots seat and two three-bladed coaxial rotors. It was larger, however, with a revised transmission and rotor hub design, and a new engine specially designed for the helicopter, the 41 kilowatts (55 hp) Ivchenko AI-4 flat-four.

The Ka-10 made its first flight in September 1949. Three more prototypes followed, which were evaluated by Soviet Naval Aviation. A Ka-10 was displayed at the 1950 Tushino Air Display, and one made the first landing by a Soviet helicopter on the deck of a ship on 7 December 1950.

In 1954, 12 of an improved version, the Ka-10M were built for the Maritime Border Troops. They had a twin tail rather than the single vertical fin of the Ka-10 and modified rotors and control systems.

The Ka-10M Hat is a single-seat, open-cockpit, single-engine coaxial helicopter by Russia’s Kamov. Assigned the NATO reporting name “Hat,” the airframe was created to be a military observation aircraft. The prototype took its maiden flight in September 1949. The initial design was a development of the earlier Ka-8 helicopter, also a single-seat coaxial helicopter. Both were developed by Soviet aerospace engineer and rotorcraft pioneer Nikolay Kamov.

An early version of the Ka-10 completed the first trials in history of a Soviet rotorcraft operating with naval vessels, including the first landing on the deck of a ship, on December 7, 1950. Subsequently, a Ka-10 operated from the Maxim Gorkybattleship in the Baltic Sea. The Ka-10M is an improved iteration of the Ka-10, built specifically for the Soviet Border Troops. A total of 12 Ka-10Ms were produced beginning in 1954.

The Ka-10M features a steel tube superstructure, inflatable pontoons for its landing gear, and twin vertical stabilizers. It is powered by a 55-horsepower Ivchenko AI-4V 4-cylinder piston engine connected to a reduction transmission. The transmission drives two coaxial, contrarotating 3-blade rotor systems comprising wood rotor blades.

The Ka-10M measures 12 feet, 2 inches in length, stands 8 feet, 3 inches high, and has a rotor disk diameter of 20 feet, 1 inch. It has a range of 93 miles, a service ceiling of 3,300 feet above sea level, and a top speed of 74 miles per hour.

One of the key progenitors of modern Soviet and Russian helicopters lines, the Kamov Ka-10M is a solid, versatile craft that can operate from land or sea. Its basic design, including an open cockpit, gives one of the best seat-of-the-pants flight experiences of any helicopter design ever created.

Specifications

CRUISE SPEED120 km/h (65kn)
CEILING2500 m (8200 ft)
MAX ALTITUDE3000 m (10000 ft)
TYPICAL RANGE160 km (100 nm)
LENGTH3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
HEIGHT2.5 m (8 ft 3 in)
WINGSPAN6.12 m (20 ft 1 in)
EMPTY WEIGHT249 kg (549 lb)
MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT390 kg (860 lb)
FUEL CAPACITY33 l (8.7 USg)
ENGINE1 × AI-4G
COCKPIT CREW1

VERSION 2.7.2 RELEASED JULY 28, 2023

Minor WASM and OLS/ILS fixes

VERSION 2.0.0 RELEASED NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Carrier:

– deck collision issues fixed, surface area increased to cover safety barriers

Ka-10M:

– downwash effect improved – clutch added (top of the collective handle, first engine start initiated, then clutch switch toggled) – controls and rotor sounds linked with new variables (issue: rotor whining appear only while engine combustion happen) – engine sound cone removed (sounds same from any direction) – custom yaw force simulation – weights and fuel consumption adjusted – electrics restored from early version of Ka-10M

VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED DECEMBER 2, 2022

Carrier:

– deck collision improved, extra surface added under the runway to prevent wheels sinking – added collision surfaces for safety barriers – LODs added for carrier and static aircraft (loss of details at higher distance for performance sake) – carrier group speed decreased to ~15 knots (average cruise speed in RL)

Helicopter

– rotor icing cause lift loss, sound change and partial loss of controls (custom script) – collective handle set to 0% when appear on runway – collective handle animation variable change from throttle to collective – additional switch added to the panel for manual throttle control (fictional)

VERSION 2.1.1 RELEASED DECEMBER 3, 2022

Carrier:

– new location: Istanbul (Middle East, anchored) – arresting wires position precision improved

VERSION 2.2.0 RELEASED DECEMBER 7, 2022

Carrier:

– carrier settings stored until next flight (only while Ka-10M used) – arresting simulation for aircraft without tailhook configured (no wires animation) – ILS (109.5) and TACAN (x33) added for static carrier – helipad and runway start point added for static carrier – teleport to the carrier buttons added into panel (inly when time sync is active) – quick pushback simulation improved – carrier group respawn timer increased to 30 minutes

VERSION 2.3.0 RELEASED DECEMBER 12, 2022

Issues fixed:

VERSION 2.4.0 RELEASED JANUARY 28, 2023

VERSION 2.5.0 RELEASED MARCH 8, 2023

VERSION 2.5.1 RELEASED MARCH 15, 2023

VERSION 2.6.0 RELEASED APRIL 10, 2023

VERSION 2.7.0 RELEASED JULY 19, 2023

Ka10M Oil and fuel pressure gauges wrong value

Carriers issues fixed: steam does not appear when carrier crew inserted manually teleport to deck not available if time sync disabled teleport to deck inaccuracy native wires too weak to stop aircraft in time: enable Catapult and Arrestors feature but without Fake tailhook, compatible with any aircraft carrier wich has native wires installed aircraft pitch up during catapult launch

New features: OLS tab added Animated rescue helicopter

VERSION 2.7.1 RELEASED JANUARY 1, 0

FIX: carrier crew appear for Piper Comanche 250 by A2A