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Light utility helicopter
Kamov Ka-126 is a light utility helicopter originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Industria Aeronautică Română.
Light utility helicopter
Industria Aeronautică Română
Kamov
Active
17
1988–1991
1989
22 December 1988
Kamov Ka-26
Kamov Ka-226
2
6 passengers (cargo/passenger pod) / 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) slung load / 1,000 L (260 US gal; 220 imp gal) chemical hopper
7.775 m (25 ft 6 in)
4.155 m (13 ft 8 in)
1,915 kg (4,222 lb)
3,250 kg (7,165 lb)
1 × Omsk TVO-100 turboshaft , 522 kW (700 hp)
2 × 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
265.5 m 2 (2,858 sq ft)
NACA 23015 modified root, NACA 23012 modified tip
180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
713 km (443 mi, 385 nmi)
3,850 m (12,630 ft)
6.6 m/s (1,300 ft/min)
The Kamov Ka-126 ( NATO reporting name Hoodlum ) is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors .
The Kamov Ka-126 ( NATO reporting name Hoodlum ) is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors .
One or two crew utility light helicopter, powered by a 720-shp (537-kW) (Glushenkov) OMKB TVD-100 turboshaft engines. First flown in 1986, and built under licence by IAR in Romania . 2 prototypes and 15 series helicopter built.
One prototype, powered by a 722-shp (538-kW) Turbomeca Arriel 1D1 turboshaft engine.
Powered by two 450-shp (335-kW) Rolls-Royce 250-C20R/2 turboshaft engines.
The V-60 was a projected light (3500 kg) armed escort helicopter from Kamov based on the civil Kamov Ka-126. Only a model of the original V-60 exists. The existing model shows four missiles as its sole armament. The project was abandoned in the 1980s and is often confused to be an early concept of the Ka-60 . The initial prototype and pre-series version of the Ka-60 carried another designation, V-62 .
Capacity: 6 passengers (cargo/passenger pod) / 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) slung load / 1,000 L (260 US gal; 220 imp gal) chemical hopper
Length: 7.775 m (25 ft 6 in)
Height: 4.155 m (13 ft 8 in)
Empty weight: 1,915 kg (4,222 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 3,250 kg (7,165 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Omsk TVO-100 turboshaft , 522 kW (700 hp)
Main rotor diameter: 2 × 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Main rotor area: 265.5 m 2 (2,858 sq ft)
Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
Range: 713 km (443 mi, 385 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Rate of climb: 6.6 m/s (1,300 ft/min)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kamov Ka-126 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
UkraineNaval Aviation exact named equipment holdings: Ka-226. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: HELICOPTERS / TRG. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.