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In 1971 the Kamov Design Bureau was ordered to produce the new ultralight helicopter for military service. Sergei Fomin, Deputy Chief Designer, was ordered to lead this project.
The special task for this helicopter was that it should have been transported in a cylindrical container of 500mm diameter. The reason was that the Navy wished to have an opportunity to pull the helicopter out of a submarine's torpedo tube.
Another point was that the helicopter should have been assembled for flying in 15 minutes when unpacked from a container.
Powerplant was 40hp air-cooled rotary engine which burned motor-car fuel.
The full-scaled mockup was built first in order to find better decisions in helicopter's configuration: to make it compact and easy to assemble. The next step was to build the test platform which included the real engine, rotor system, transmission and controls.
The only parts which were detachable from the helicopter for transportation were 4 main rotor blades. All other parts were easily folded. The time to assemble the helicopter was only 10 minutes.
Unfortunately Ka-56 wasn't ever flown due to a lack of suitable rotary piston engine. TwistAir Club
Technical data for Ka-56
Crew: 1,
take-off weight: 220kg,
payload: 110kg,
max. speed: 110kph,
max. ceiling: 1700m,
max. range: 120km
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Wilfred, e-mail, 01.09.2007 | reply |
i need info abuot pricing | PANKAJ M. JANI, e-mail, 28.08.2007 | reply |
i appreciate such compact machines of helicoptor, i am more intersted in this, pl provide me the details, all the best. | arturo, e-mail, 25.07.2007 | reply |
hola me gustaria mucho saber como comprar su modelo de helicoptero kamov ultraligero gracias hello i would like to know how and where i could buy an helicopter ultralight kamov, tank you | Oppliger, e-mail, 24.07.2007 | reply |
Hello,2 yr ago, I presented a totaly new rotary engine, the Quasiturbine, at Proffessor Wang how developpe the bi-rotativ engine by Ka and some people of chinese and russian governement and military dept. This engin was developped on these engine. it's running in photo ignition. Look at quasiturbine.com... | Doug Beasley, e-mail, 17.07.2007 | reply |
It looks like it's very simple easy to build. Anybody with small helicopter knowledge. You can easly build the Kamov Ka-56 from a Tip-Jet. Instead of gas engines. You can use jet engines to power it. It will be lighter helicopter than the Kamov Ka-56. | SALİH DEMİRCAN, e-mail, 16.07.2007 | reply |
hello sir wanderful machine but how much dos it cost | Bill Brooks, e-mail, 24.05.2007 | reply |
The center of gravity looks like it would be in front of the pilot, looks unstable to me. | Mehmet Karasu, e-mail, 07.11.2007 | reply |
Hi..please plans.. | jordan, e-mail, 06.05.2007 | reply |
where do i buy one of these |
| Anthony, e-mail, 18.12.2006 | reply |
where do i buy one of these | moha, e-mail, 04.01.2007 | reply |
hola quiero saber como podria comprar un helicoptero de esos pequeños(Kamov Ka-56).gracias. | Emmanuel Mavrantonakis, e-mail, 05.02.2007 | reply |
where do i buy one of these | vishal anand, e-mail, 29.03.2007 | reply |
i m in a plan to build a helicopter and in order to this i got ur this type of model which is really impressing and no doubt cheap as well as light. No doubt a very good concept made to an end. | tim, e-mail, 03.04.2007 | reply |
My G G G GAWD!!! They are going to stttttaaartt fllyinnn mexicans in now. Careful linda, they may be comming to a country nnnnnear you..hahahaahaaaa! |
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