HA-MPB, Kamov Ka-26 - Blade Tracking Procedures, Test Flight

Season start in Őcsény Airfield. Winter-storage time is finished, MPB was removed from the hangar for her 43rd season. After some inspection, a pretty easy cold start came... I tried to record every important movement of the blade tracking procedure, because it is a FAQ what is happening during this process. Basically, each blades get different colors (3:35) (No1.: red, No2.: green, No3.: blue), the point is to make them run on the same track so to make the three colors as close as possible to each other on the indicator. (10:10) The test is performed on 70% and 96% Rotor RPM, each blades can be adjusted with the dinamic rod and the trim tab of the blade for better results. This airframe was produced in Kumertau (Russia) in 1977 as the 9th airframe of the 61st batch. She started her career as a crop duster helicopter in the fleet of MÉM RSz, Hungary. In the mid ’90s a private company bought her and she got to Balatonkeresztúr with another Ka-26, HA-MMG. This Kamov was