Specifications
- Data for Ka-50, differences for Ka-52 noted.
Data from Ka-50 page, Ka-52 page, Donald and March Aerospaceweb
General characteristics
- Crew: One (for Ka-52: two)
- Length: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Rotor diameter: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
- Height: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)
- Disc area: 330.3 m² (3,555 ft²)
- Empty weight: 7,700 kg (17,000 lb)
- Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,600 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 10,800 kg (23,810 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Klimov TV3-117VK turboshafts, 1,641 kW (2,200 shp) each
- For Ka-52:
- Loaded weight: 10,400 kg (22,930 lb)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 350 km/h (189 knots, 217 mph) in dive
- Maximum speed: 315 km/h (170 knots, 196 mph) in level flight
- Cruise speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
- Range: 545 km (339 miles)
- Ferry range: 1,160 km (720 mi) with 4 drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 10 m/s (32.8 ft/s)
- Disc loading: 30 kg/m² (6 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.33 kW/kg (0.20 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1x mobile semi-rigid 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon (460 rounds total, dual feeding AP or HE-Frag)
- A variety of payloads on the four under-wing hardpoints, including 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods (240 rounds each), 2 x APU-6 Missile racks, able to accommodate a total of 12 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missiles, Vympel R-73 (NATO: AA-11 Archer) air-to-air missiles, 80 x 80 mm S-8 rockets and 20 x 122 mm S-13 rocket, Kh-25 semi-active laser guided tactical air-to-ground missiles, presumably S-25/S-25L high caliber rockets, 4x 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or 2x 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs, 500 L (130 US gal) external fuel tanks. Reportedly, twin Igla light air-to-air missile launchers under each wingtip countermeasure pod (total 4 missiles). Maximum total payload 2,000 kg.
- Two pods on the wingtips with flare and chaff countermeasure dispensers, 4 UV-26 dispensers each (total 512 chaff/flare cartridges in each pod)
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