
Nemeth Designs Kamov Ka-26 "Hoodlum"
The Ka-26, designed at the beginning of the sixties, is built for maximum simplicity and versatility as a "lifting system" consisting of the powerplant, contra-rotating rotor assembly, cabin, landing gear and twin endplate fin tail unit. Loads and containers of various kinds can be installed immediately behind the cabin, beneath the rotors: a pod for six passengers, an open platform, tanks for liquid or solid insecticides or other products, and spray bars for agricultural use. A variant for geophysical survey is equipped with an electromagnetic pulse generator in the cabin and a big hoop antenna outside. Thanks to its compactness and stability, the Ka-26 can operate from small platforms and has been fitted with floats and used for fish-spotting.
The Ka-26 went into service on a large scale in 1970 and has been exported for both civil and military use.
The Ka-26 was used by some Warsaw Pact armies in light dessant role, but its slow speed (travelling speed 150 km/h) and vulnerability limits its military use. It is, however, eminently useful for cropdusting. The coaxial main rotor configuration, which makes the Ka-26 small and agile, also results in a delicate airflow pattern under the helicopter, providing a thorough yet mild distribution of chemicals onto the plants. The Ka-26 is often used to spray grape farms in Hungary.
This addon represent two variants:
- Passenger transport
- Agricultural-utility (with sprayer system)
Features:
- Accurate and detailed interior and exterior models
- Reflective textures
- Interior and exterior lights
- 2D panels and full clickable 3D virtual cockpit
- Animated parts (doors, pilots, switches, attitude indicator in VC, etc.)
- Custom animations
- Realistic flight dynamics tested by real Ka-26 pilot
- Working sprayer device in utility version
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I don´t understand that comment about it having a poor VC, I think it´s just as good as the other helicopters that Nemeth Designs have made. And I got them ALL, including the freewares too. Nemeth Designs just makes the Best Helicopters for FS2004, that´s the reason why I bought this one, because the KA-26 aint a personal Favourite of Mine. But I can´t resist buying a chopper made by the Nemeth Boys!!! I´m looking forward to their upcoming Sikorsky S-76, and after that I hope they start on the Eurocopter EC-135! :)
One of the most disappointing aspects is that the VC does not have any sign of glass. It is just like flying with no windows in. No where near as good as the FSHELI Lama for in cockpit realism.
Go on Nemeth - get the cockpits better with the next one even if we have to pay a little more.
GJ