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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