Kamov Ka-102

[Triton]

Artist's impression of Kamov Ka-102.

Source: http://www.aviaport.ru/conferences/40762,45/

 

[Matej]

Better version of the image

 

[Jemiba]

Could be something like that:

 

[yasotay]

Interesting. I think the Piasecki folks in the US will be jealous. I think they proposed a similar concept recently. Other than the challenge of all those blades intermeshing correctly it looks like a very clean and practical design.

 

[gtg947h]

It looks like someone has one of the rotors on backwards... they'll need to rotate opposite to each other to counteract the torque....

 

[Jemiba]

"It looks like someone has one of the rotors on backwards."

That really frightened me, but a quick check showed, that at least I just
stuck to the rendering. :

 

[vstol]

Some slides from the 66th American Helicopter Society's Annual Forum, Phoenix, AZ, May 11-13, 2010. Presented by Kamov Chief Designer, Sergei V. Mikheyev. Please let me know if anyone has any idea what the X-Ka is! He showed the slide but said nothing about it.

See also: www.facebook.com/pages/VSTOL/237472611265

 

[vstol]

It looks like someone has one of the rotors on backwards... they'll need to rotate opposite to each other to counteract the torque....

All multi-rotor configurations have to have counter-rotating rotors in order to negate the torque (with only a couple historical exceptions - the Florine tandems of 1920s and the Cierva W.11 Airhorse tri-rotor of the 1940s) without a tailrotor, unless it has a reaction drive -- tip-jet, pulse-jet, ram-jet, pressure-jet, etc.

 

[flateric]

Please let me know if anyone has any idea what the X-Ka is! He showed the slide but said nothing about it.

I can't give guarantee, but obviously this is testbed for PSV rotor system - note new main rotor with widened blades, obviously to be tested at greater speeds using underwing turbojets.
Sixth slide should give you a clue at once

Goes pretty in line with TsIAM stuff that I've send to you in the mail.

I will ask Mikheev at HeliRussia if he would able to discuss

 

[yasotay]

I can't believe it! vtol beat flateric with briefing slides! ;D

The head of the Kamov bureau gave a very interesting briefing at the AHS meeting. I ALMOST got to meet him three times. I found the jet powered Ka-50 most interesting and the slide that showed the range of the Ka-92. Realizing this is off topic somewhat, are they really thinking that the Ka-92 will have a 700 Km radius?

I will post some pictures from AHS, once I figure out how to move them from my phone.

 

[flateric]

I'm can't believe it! vtol beat flateric with briefing slides!

well, we have some no less interesting stuff that we can't show prior to publication in Vertiflite...

But - yes - I must say that Kamov didn't show X-Ka here EVAR...may be it's being hidden till May 20 when HeliRussia 2010 opens They did show something that could be called XX-Ka meantime, but enough of that for now

Interesting that Mike got an e-copy of Mikheev presentation. Here you must be Iron Man to get a copy of anything that Russian Helicopters/Kamov/Mil have on press events, and even then your chances are close to 1%. You can shoot everything with your camera, but getting PowerPoint file? No, sir! Are you damn spy you said?

Seems this becomes bad tradition at both sides of ocean.

 

[yasotay]

I'm can't believe it! vtol beat flateric with briefing slides!

well, we have some no less interesting stuff that we can't show prior to publication in Vertiflite...

But - yes - I must say that Kamov didn't show X-Ka here EVAR...may be it's being hidden till May 20 when HeliRussia 2010 opens They did show something that could be called XX-Ka meantime, but enough of that for now

Interesting that Mike got an e-copy of Mikheev presentation. Here you must be Iron Man to get a copy of anything that Russian Helicopters/Kamov/Mil have on press events, and even then your chances are close to 1%. You can shoot everything with your camera, but getting PowerPoint file? No, sir! Are you damn spy you said?

Seems this becomes bad tradition at both sides of ocean.

I think the spectacle of Mike following Mr. Mikheev everwhere asking about his brief made the man throw it like a dog bone to get some relief! ;D

 

[flateric]

these two won't give you anything easy

photo by Muxel

 

[Jemiba]

Using the small illustration of the Ka 102 in the background of Slide 8, I made some
corrections to my drawing:

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Looks like X-Ka is a high speed coaxial research version of Ka-50 analogous to the XH-59A ABC demonstrator from the slide presented.

 

[vstol]

Check out more photos from the AHS Forum on the VSTOL Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VSTOL/237472611265.

More general photos (incl. of X2) on the AHS Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Helicopter-Society-AHS-International/80119815527.

 

[vstol]

Interesting that Mike got an e-copy of Mikheev presentation. Here you must be Iron Man to get a copy of anything that Russian Helicopters/Kamov/Mil have on press events, and even then your chances are close to 1%. You can shoot everything with your camera, but getting PowerPoint file? No, sir! Are you damn spy you said?

Who's this Mike you guys keep referring to? I don't know what you are talking about. :-X

 

[Triton]

Patent drawing of Kamov Ka-102

Source:
http://dr-rusi4.livejournal.com/6509939.html