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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ka-26 HuAF: Varga Attila· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Ka-26 Riga: Bandanschik· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Kamov Ka-26, RA-24308 (remix): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Peenemünde 2001 - Kamow Ka-26 (D-HOAW)- by-RaBoe 01: User:Raboe001· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 5. Aero hail "Mozhaisk" KA-26 RA-19349 (11113831594): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Aero hail "Mozhaisk" KA-26 RA-19349 (14886196505): Aleksander Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. CCCP-24056 Kamov Ka.26 Aeroflot (7723959330): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Helicopter KA-26 (6813281772): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Helicopter Ka-26 (7321501836): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Helicopter KA-26(Hoodlum) in hangar. (6821503598): Aleksandr Markin· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Kamov Ka-26 (NATO reporting name Hoodlum) is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines · 13 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Rotor of 13 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1965-08-18
- introduced
- 1969
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 816
- role
- light utility
- makers
- Kamov, Industria Aeronautică Română
- engines
- 2× Vedeneyev M-14V-26 / Vedeneyev M14P / Omsk TVO-100
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 7
- length
- 7.8 m
- rotor diameter
- 13 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,250 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- cruise speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 400 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1043860, Wikipedia: Kamov Ka-26 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.