KA52 vibration issues

[212man]

Not intended to start political arguments, but this is an interesting article: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russias-ka-52-attack-helicopters-have-got-a-serious-vibration-problem?fbclid=IwAR3R0TCdTxPATtiXtKSgTMuLu64egTJZvtW5u9aM6rB 3evwt67Jh7topa_c

[rudestuff]

I can honestly say I've never experienced excessive vibrations in a KA-52.

[dragon6172]

Lots of ideas in that article but the first thing that came to mind for me is the Russians just aren't taking the time to do a proper track and balance of the rotor system in order to get the asset in the fight.

[Bksmithca]

Watched the video and the actual helicopter doesn't appear to be shaking just the weapons pods. Are they designed to be dumped if the need arises?

[JohnDixson]

212: maybe they wanted an area fire weapon system?
Not serious-curious that they let out those videos.