Kamov Ka-26 - Specifications (Ka-26)

Specifications (Ka-26)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 6 passengers (cargo/passenger pod)
• Payload: 900 kg (1,985 lb) (chemical hopper)
  
  • 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) (flying crane)
• Length: 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in)
• Rotor diameter: 2x 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.05 m (13 ft 3½ in)
• Disc area: 265.5 m² (2,856 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,950 kg (4,300 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 3,250 kg (7,170 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Vedeneyev M-14 V-26 radial piston engines, 239 kW (320 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 170 km/h (91 knots, 105 mph)
• Range: 400 km (215 nmi, 248 mi) (7 passengers, 30 min reserves)
• Endurance: 3 hr 42 min
• Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
• Disc loading: 12 kg/m² (2.5 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 150 W/kg (0.09 hp/lb)