The Black Shark, as featured inThe Goldilocks Game, carries two coaxial, contra-rotating, three-blade main rotors that enable it to dispense with a tail rotor. This greatly increases its reliability and survivability. Because of this, this aircraft is unaffected by wind strength and direction, has an unlimited hovering turn rate, and gives a smaller profile and acoustic signature, while allowing a 10-15% greater power margin. The HOKUM is fully aerobatic. It can perform loops, roll, and “the funnel”, where the aircraft will maintain a concentrated point of fire while flying circles of varying altitude, elevation, and airspeed around the target.
Black Shark Features Armour Plating
The airframe is made of a composite material with a structural central keel beam made of kevlar-nomex compound that protects the critical systems and ammunition. The pilot's cabin is fully armoured and can withstand 23-mm gunfire. The cockpit glass is reinforced to withstand 12.7-mm machine-gunfire. The Black Shark also has pilot ejection system that functions at any altitude, and enables a successful ejection by detonating the rotor blades a fraction of a second before the ejection seat is released.
THE BLACK SHARK
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The Kamov KA-50 (also called the Hokum A or Black Shark) is a powerful and sophisticated attack helicopter with heavy artillery and armour that features in a key scene inThe Goldilocks Game.
The Black Shark is used by the air force of the Russian Federation in limited service but has not been 'fielded'. Fielding in air force terminology means "the decision to acquire and/or release a system to operators in the field" (Air Force Instruction (AFI) 63-101, page 65). In other words, the Black Shark has not been tested sufficiently for the military authorities to approve its use in combat situations, a process which often takes over 10 years to complete.
Nevertheless, the Black Shark carries an impressive array of weaponry and features (see features box below) that makes it a fearsome opponent on the battlefield. Find out who has one of these inThe Goldilocks Gameand how it performs in an action-packed dog-fight sequence by clickinghere.
WATCH A VIDEO OF THE BLACK SHARK IN ACTION
Read the summary boxes of the Kamov KA-50 Black Shark Helicopter's specifications on this page then watch the video: you'll be impressed.
With such an awesome display of power, the Kamov KA-50 Black Shark looks unbeatable. How would you defeat it in a fight?
Find out if it can be done by following this link.
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Black Shark Features Fire Power
The Black Shark has:
12 air-to-ground missiles
2 air-to-air missiles
40 x 80-mm unguided rockets
4 - 500-kg bombs
500 x 30-mm cannon rounds
40 x 23-mm rounds
Black Shark Features Avionics
These additional features make the Black Shark even deadlier:
A low-light level TV or thermal sighting
A laser range-finder up to 10 km
Forward Looking Infra-red Radar (FLIR)
An air data sensor and digital data-link which interface with a fire control computer
a helmet sighting system and HUD for target location, acquisition, designation, and firing
Autopilot
Night and all-weather capabilities
HAWK EYE
Read about the hybrid helicopter-plane named Hawk Eye,
based on The Carter Copter
