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Specifications - Ka-50 Black Shark Attack Helicopter, Russia
| Dimensions | |
| main rotor diameter | 14.5 metres |
| length with rotating rotors | 15.9 metres |
| overall height | 4.9 metres |
| wing span | 7.3 metres |
| Weights | |
| empty weight | 7,692 kg |
| normal take off weight | 9,800 kg |
| maximum take off weight | 10,800 kg |
| weight of consumable combat load | 610 kg |
| weight of maximum combat load | 1,811 kg |
| Engines | |
| two TV3-117vma engines | 2 x 2,200 h.p |
| landing gear | retractable tricycle nosewheel type landing gear |
| Performance | |
| maximum level flight speed | 310 km/h |
| diving speed | 390 km/h |
| cruise speed | 270 km/h |
| hovering ceiling | 4,000 metres |
| service ceiling | 5,500 metres |
| vertical rate of climb at 2,500 m | 10 m/s; |
| range of flight with normal take-off weight | 460 km |
| ferry range | 1,160 km |