README FOR Ka-50 Hokum

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Civilopedia Text Entry:

#PRTO_Hokum
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^The KA-50 is a state-of-the-art battle helicopter in service with the Russian Air Force. The KA-50 features unique maneuvrability and operating characteristics due to the contra-rotating co-axial rotors. The coaxial counter-rotating rotor system negates the need for a tail rotor and its drive system. 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.
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^A city must have both $LINK<oil=GOOD_Oil> and $LINK<rubber=GOOD_Rubber> in its
$LINK<Strategic Resource=GCON_ResourcesS> box to build the Hokum.
#DESC_PRTO_Hokum
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^The coaxial, contrarotating, three-blade main rotors are widely separated with swept-back tips, and there is no tail rotor. The equally tapered, short, stubby, weapon-carrying wings with end plates are mounted on the streamlined fuselage, which tapers to the front and rear. The fuselage, which is flat-bottomed except for the underbelly gun pod and sensor, features a flat plated glassed-in canopy. The tail is thick with a tapering tail boom and back-tapered tail fin with a square tip. The tail flats are high-mounted on the tail boom with end plates, and located forward of the fin. Twin turboshaft engines are mounted high on the fuselage above the stubby wings, with semicircular air intakes and exhausts that are turned outward.
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^External stores are mounted on underwing external hardpoints. Each wing has two hardpoints for a total of four stations. A typical mix for targeting armor formations is 12x AT-16 ATGMs, 500x 30-mm cannon rounds, and 2x 20-round pods of 80-mm folding fin unguided rockets. The 30-mm cannon is the same as on the BMP-2. The firing computer will turn the aircraft to keep the gun on target. It is equipped with downlink to provide information from the battlefield. The targeting and control system and weaponry enable accurate target engagement at ranges of up to 6 miles.






PediaIcons Text Entries:

#ICON_PRTO_Hokum
art\civilopedia\icons\units\HokumLarge.pcx
art\civilopedia\icons\units\HokumSmall.pcx

#ANIMNAME_PRTO_Hokum
Hokum


Suggested Stats:

Prerequisite:  Advanced Flight
Shield Cost: 12
Moves: 5
A/D: 16/8
Req Support
Required Resources:  Oil, Rubber
Unit Abilities:  Ranged Attack, Wheeled
AI Strategies:  Offence, Explore
Special Actions:  Recon, Rebase


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