Kamov Ka-126

The Kamov Ka-126, NATO reporting name Hoodlum, is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors, evolved from the Ka-26 with the engine pods removed from the stub wings and one TVO-100 turboshaft placed on top of the fuselage. Work began in 1984 under a Romanian-Soviet agreement, and Industria Aeronautica Romana in Romania built the helicopter; the IAR-built aircraft first flew on 22 December 1988. After 17 were built production stopped and the programme was cancelled after 1991. It kept the Ka-26 fixed bubble cockpit with a removable box for medevac, passenger or crop-duster use. The twin-engine Ka-226 and the one-off Ka-128 are relatives.