Ka-18

Ka-18
Ka-18
Type of	multirole helicopter
Developer	OKB Kamov
Manufacturer	Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
Chief Designer	N.I. Kamov
First flight	October 13, 1956
Start of operation	1957 year
End of operation	1973 year
Operators	and
Units produced	~ 120
Base model	Ka-15

Ka-18 (according to NATO codification : Hog - “Hog” ) is a multi-purpose helicopter . Designed by Kamov Design Bureau under the leadership of chief designer Nikolai Ilyich Kamov , M. B. Malinovsky was directly involved in the layout. It was a modification of the Ka-15 helicopter, which was distinguished by an elongated and expanded fuselage. Capacity: one pilot and two to three passengers.

He was awarded the Gold Medal at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels .

Four prototypes of the Ka-18 were built in 1956 - 1957 at the factory number 938 in Lyubertsy-Ukhtomskaya. From 1959 to 1961, the production of Ka-18 helicopters was carried out at Ulan-Ude aircraft plant No. 99. About 120 cars were built. The Ka-18s have been in operation for approximately 15 years since they were discontinued. With the beginning of the 1970s, the Ka-18 began to be actively replaced with a newer model of the light economic helicopter Ka-26 . The last cars remained in operation until the mid-1970s. ^[2]

Content

Application Options

Passenger - transportation of people, baggage, mail, various goods inside the fuselage (equipped with a heating system).
Sanitary - transportation of patients and victims. (equipped with oxygen installation and heating system).
Patrol.

Interesting Facts

It was mistakenly stated that the Ka-18 helicopter (in fact, the film was shot by Ka-15) played a role in the feature film Russian Souvenir (1960). Test pilot Dmitry Konstantinovich Efremov, according to the plan of the director Grigory Alexandrov , landed a helicopter on the deck of a river boat, and then gallantly helped actress Lyubov Orlova get out of the cockpit.
Ka-18 is present in the feature film " Barrier of Unknown " (1961). At the beginning of the film, the main characters fly on it.

Flight performance

Data Source: ^[3]

Specifications

Crew : 1 pers.
Passengers: 3 people
Length : 10.00 m
Rotor Diameter: 10.00 m
Height : 3.4 m
Maximum take-off weight : 1502 kg
Powerplant : 1 × PD AI-14 VF
Engine power: 1 × 200 kW

Flight characteristics

Maximum speed: 160 km / h
Cruising speed : 130 km / h
Combat radius: 300 km
Practical range: 450 km
Ferry range: 1000 km
Practical ceiling : 3500 m

Ka-18 Compared to Other Multipurpose Helicopters

Title	Rotor diameter	Fuselage length	Maximum take-off weight	Power	Crew + Passengers	Cruising speed	Max. speed	Range of flight	Practical ceiling	Developer	First flight
Ka-18	10.0 m	10.0 m	1502 kg	1 × 200 kW	1 + 3	130 km / h	160 km / h	450 km	3500 m	OKB Kamov	1956 year
Bell uh-1d	14.63 m	17.4 m	4310 kg	1 × 1045 kW	1 + 14	205 km / h	220 km / h	510 km	5910 m	Bell helicopter	1956 year
Mi-2	14.50 m	11.40 m	3659 kg	2 × 298 kW	1 + 8	194 km / h	210 km / h	580 km	4000 m	Design Bureau M. L. Mil	1961 year
Bell 206b-3	10.16 m	12.11	1,451 kg	1 × 310 kW	1 + 4	~ 200 km / h	224 km / h	700 km	4115 m	Bell helicopter	1963 year

Disasters and Accidents

This table describes only some of the accidents . Their list is not complete and not final.

date	Board number	Short description
04/22/1960	64567	Had damage and deformation of the power elements. Repair is not possible due to the termination of the production of spare parts.
1963	64578	Lost in an emergency. Decommissioned on February 13, 1964 due to an emergency.
1963	64608	Has suffered a flight accident. Decommissioned on January 9, 1964 due to a flight accident.
1963	64588	Crashed. Retired January 22, 1964 due to disaster.
1964	64566	Lost in an emergency. Decommissioned on September 30, 1964 due to an emergency.
1963 or 1964	64635	Has suffered a flight accident. Retired May 19, 1964 due to a flight accident.
1964	64666	Has suffered a flight accident. Decommissioned on August 19, 1964 due to a flight accident.
05/30/1965	64627	Crashed due to a complete loss of lift ^[4] . Decommissioned on March 12, 1966 due to a flight accident.
1966 or 1967	64654	Has suffered an emergency. Decommissioned on April 6, 1967 due to an emergency.
1967	64673	Lost in a flight accident. Decommissioned on August 3, 1967 due to a flight accident.
06/12/1967	64580	Details of the crash
1967 or 1968	64585	Lost in a flight accident. Decommissioned on March 26, 1968 due to a flight accident.
1967 or 1968	64646	Has suffered a flight accident. Retired May 31, 1968 due to a flight accident.
04/12/1969	64649	Crashed (pilot O. L. Kudryavtsev). The cause of the disaster was a break in the connecting rod between the swash plates, which led to a violation of the parallelism in their work, as a result of which the rotor blades laced and collapsed in flight. Decommissioned on June 24, 1969 due to a flight accident.

Surviving instances

At least two Ka-18s have been preserved. One of them (tail number USSR-68627) is an exhibit of the Aviation Museum in Monino.

Links

Kamov Ka-18 // aviastar.org
Ka-18 // airwar.ru

[1] Aviation History Site - Ka-18 Registry

[2] Aviation History Site - Ka-18 Registry (Plant No. 99, 9th series)

[3] Ka-18

[4] Catastrophe Ka-18 of the Volga UGA in the Sharlyksky district of the Orenburg region (USSR-64627 board), May 30, 1965. // AirDisaster.ru - aircraft accidents, incidents and aircraft ...