KA-10M "HAT" & KUZNETSOV CARRIER MSFS

The Ka-10 (NATO reporting name Hat) is a Soviet single-seat observation helicopter that first flew in 1949.

Design and development

The Ka 10 was a development of Nikolay Kamov’s earlier Ka-8, which had been successful enough to allow Kamov to set up his own OKB (design bureau) in 1948. The Ka-10 made of similar layout to the Ka-8, with an open steel-tube structure carrying an engine, a pilot’s seat and two three-bladed coaxial rotors. It was larger, however, with a revised transmission and rotor hub design, and a new engine specially designed for the helicopter, the 41 kilowatts (55 hp) Ivchenko AI-4 flat-four.

Operational history

The Ka-10 made its first flight in September 1949. Three more prototypes followed, which were evaluated by Soviet Naval Aviation. A Ka-10 was displayed at the 1950 Tushino Air Display, and one made the first landing by a Soviet helicopter on the deck of a ship on 7 December 1950.

In 1954, 12 of an improved version, the Ka-10M were built for the Maritime Border Troops. They had a twin tail rather than the single vertical fin of the Ka-10 and modified rotors and control systems.

Ka-10M Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 3.70 m (12 ft 1.75 in) (fuselage length)
• Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2.5 in)
• Empty weight: 249 kg (548 lb)
• Gross weight: 390 kg (860 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × AI-4G , 40 kW (55 hp)
• Fuel amount: 33 liters (8.7 gal)
• Main rotor diameter: 2 × 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in)
• Main rotor area: 2 × 58.8 m2 (633 sq ft)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph, 90 kn)
• Range: 200 km (124 mi, 100 nm)
• Service ceiling: 2,500 m (8,200 ft)

MSFS Ka-10M features

• native helicopter flight model with CFD simulation
• accurate weight and size
• multiple liveries
• animated mechanics – control levers, rotor mast
• animated default pilot model (IK bones)
• kneel tablet with navigation map (Pelican’s nav MFD)
• custom downwash effects
• custom engine, gears and rotor WWISE sounds

MSFS Kuznetsov carrier group features

• Four locations - Severomorsk (north-west Russia, moving), Vladivostok (south-east Russia, moving), Havana (north Cuba, moving), Istanbul (north Turkey, anchored). Suggest your preferred locations!
• Group moves continuously with speed 15 knots, position reset every ~60 minutes (30 if real time sync enabled)
• Highly detailed carrier model, low poly cruisers
• Usable lifts (switches in Carrier Controls panel) with possibility to taxi into hangar
• Usable jet blast deflectors (switches in Carrier Controls panel)
• Native arresting system (supports F/A-18 and any other aircraft with tailhook configured)
• Quick pushback (no vehicle visualization, switch in Carrier Controls panel, use joystick to move or turn around)
• Carrier smoke effect (optional, switch in Carrier Controls panel)
• Cruisers swaying on waves (amplitude depends on wind strength, optional, switch in Carrier Controls panel)
• EXPERIMENTAL group respawn for multiplayer compatibility (when live weather and real time active, it will appear in same position for other players; optional, switch in Carrier Controls panel)
• Toggleable lights (dim, spotlights, runway/helipads)
• Each spotlight direction can be changed manually (Carrier Controls panel)
• Basic arresting simulation for planes without tailhook (Carrier Controls panel)