Country of Origin |
CIS (Formerly USSR). |
Similar Aircraft |
Hirundo A109, Mangusta A129, AH-64 Apache, AH-1F Cobra. |
Crew |
Two. |
Role |
Antihelicopter and gunship. |
Armament |
Rocket packs, gun, AAMs. |
Dimensions |
Length: 44 ft, 3 in (13.5 m). Roter diameter: 45 ft, 10 in (14 m). |
Ka-50 Hokum WEFT Description
Wings |
Coaxial, contrarotating, three-blade main rotors, widely separated with swept-back tips. Equally tapered, short, stubby, weapon-carrying wings with end plates. |
Engine(s) |
Twin turboshafts mounted high on the fuselage above the stubby wings. Semicircular air intakes. Exhausts are turned outward. |
Fuselage |
Streamlined body tapers to the front and rear. Flat-bottomed except for underbelly gun pod and sensor. Flat plated glassed-in canopy. |
Tail |
Thick, tapering tail boom. Back-tapered tail fin with a square tip. Flats are high-mounted on the tail boom with end plates. Flats are located forward of the fin. No tail rotor. |
Countries which Fly the Ka-50 Hokum
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
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