Zhukovsky. JSC Russian Helicopters has introduced the Ka-226T Climber helicopter on the MAKS-2021 Worldwide Aviation and House Salon. The brand new mannequin is the most recent variant within the Ka-226 household. Guests to the worldwide air present had been in a position to see the prototype because of conduct a collection of take a look at flights this autumn.
The Ka-226T Climber is right for flying in mountainous areas. Its coaxial rotors permit for straightforward management even on the highest altitudes with rarefied air. It boasts excessive resistance to sturdy facet winds, and excessive price of climb, in addition to straightforward take-off and touchdown at high-altitude websites. The Ka-226T Climber additionally performs nicely in flights over water, and may take off and land on the deck of even a small seagoing vessel.
With low vibration ranges, the Ka-226T Climber is a light-weight helicopter which is simple to manage. Able to taking off from, and touchdown on, small areas (as an illustration, in a metropolis), it affords extremely secure hovering even throughout operation with exterior hundreds, and may be safely boarded whereas the rotors are turning.
In comparison with older fashions within the Ka-226 household, the Ka-226T Climber possesses plenty of considerably enhanced options. The redesigned body boasts spectacular aerodynamic traits. The fuselage is made utilizing trendy gentle supplies, the flight controls and energy methods have undergone appreciable modernisation, and a shockproof crash-resistant gas system has been put in in keeping with the very best security requirements. The mannequin additionally options enlarged gas tanks and centralised refuelling, in addition to new flight and navigation tools, and upgraded radio communication tools.
In comparison with earlier fashions, the Ka-226T Climber boasts considerably improved flight efficiency traits: better pace, decrease weight when empty, and better vary. The helicopter may be operated at altitudes of as much as 6,500 metres. The place needed, it may be outfitted with oxygen methods, ballonets, in addition to air-con and heating methods. The mannequin can also be anticipated to obtain certification for passenger transportation.
Serial manufacturing of the Ka-226T Climber is deliberate to start out in 2022 on the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in shut cooperation with the Kumertau Aviation Manufacturing Enterprise.
JSC Russian Helicopters, a part of State Company Rostec, is without doubt one of the world leaders in helicopter manufacturing, and the one Russian helicopter designer and producer. Shaped in 2007, Russian Helicopters is headquartered in Moscow. The corporate includes 5 helicopter manufacturing amenities and two design bureaux, in addition to spare components manufacturing and restore amenities, plane restore crops, and a service department accountable for upkeep in Russia and world wide. Its helicopters are bought by the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Inside Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Conditions, different state operators, airways Gazpromavia and UTair, in addition to main Russian and world companies.
State Company Rostec is one in every of Russia’s largest industrial firms, bringing collectively greater than 800 scientific and industrial organisations in 60 Russian areas. Its important areas of exercise are plane manufacturing, radioelectronics, medical applied sciences, progressive supplies and many others. The company’s portfolio consists of well-known manufacturers comparable to AvtoVAZ, KAMAZ, United Plane Company UAC (in Russian: OAK), Russian Helicopters, United Engine Company UEC (in Russian: ODK), UralVagonZavod, Shvabe, Kalashnikov Concern, and others. Rostec performs an lively position in all twelve of Russia’s nationwide initiatives. A key provider of Sensible Metropolis applied sciences, the company is actively concerned within the digitalisation of state administration, trade and social areas, and within the improvement of 5G wi-fi know-how, the Industrial Web of Issues, massive information, and blockchain methods. Amongst Rostec’s companions are main world producers comparable to Boeing, Airbus, Daimler, Pirelli, Renault, and others. The company provides its merchandise to greater than 100 nations. Nearly a 3rd of its income comes from the export of high-tech merchandise.