Russian Ka-50 HOKUM Helicopters Done 3 Ways

[DLuders]

Three Lego builders had different (but interesting) model solutions for this Russian Ka-50 HOKUM attack helicopter (also known as the "Black Shark"). It features counter-rotating rotors (which eliminate the need for a tail rotor):

Ciamoslaw Ciamek posted his STUDDED Ka-50 model on MOCpages, where he wrote:

"Model of the Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark" helicopter.

It features coaxial rotor, retractable landing gear, cockpit, cannon and opening panels.

It's a little too big for minifig scale, but it's the cost of "playable" details.

The colors are pretending about-a-desert camouflage. My black bricks are in use so I made him in yellow and grey. I think that it doesn't look so bad ;o) It could look better in tan, but I don't know if there are such bricks in that color - I don't have many tan bricks ;o) "

Grohl/ Grohl666 made this STUDLESS Russian Ka-50 HOKUM helicopter, and posted images and a

link on his Brickshelf gallery, where he wrote:

"Studless model of famous Russian helicopter. Length 785mm, width 360mm, rotor diameter 700mm. Pneumatically lowering and raising landing gear, moving elevators and rudder. Both rotors are contrarotating, controlled by one RC motor. grohld@centrum.cz."

On his Brickshelf gallery, ZED posted images of his TRANSFORMING "NightHunter - the Autobot Transformer. I have constructed it for competition on www.doublebrick.ru . This robot is transformed to helicopter KA-50 Hokum aka Black Shark."

[Milargo]

Oooh, I really like the 1st and 3rd.

They've got 1990s cool.

[warpug]

Grohl's interpretation is brilliant. Love it's look and functionality.

[grohl]

My favourite is this one made by Steven1980

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=steven1980

[Jurgen Krooshoop]

I agree with Grohl that Steven 1980's version is the prettiest. But ZED's version is the coolest being able to transform.

[allanp]

By the looks of it (and I could be wrong) but Grohls is the only one that has working counter-rotating rotors, making that one my favorite!

[Blakbird]

These 3 are all cool models, but the real magic of this helicopter is the combination of the co-axial counter-rotating rotors with the fact that both upper and lower rotors have swashplates with collective and cyclic. When someone builds a model of that, I'll really be impressed. In fact, forget the helicopter, just build the rotor mechanism. Mark Bellis, I'm looking at you.......

[Paul B Technic]

Looking really good.

Paul