Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (design bureau prefix
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...
Mi), named after the constructor Mikhail Mil
Mikhail Mil
Mikhail Leontyevich Mil ; 22 November 1909 - 31 January 1970 was a Soviet aerospace engineer. He was founder of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, which is responsible for many well-known Soviet helicopter models.-Biography:...
. Mil participates in the Euromil joint venture with Eurocopter.
Mil merged with Kamov
Kamov
Kamov is a Russian rotor-winged aircraft manufacturing company that was founded by Nikolai Il'yich Kamov, who started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii...
and Rostvertol
Rostvertol
Rostvertol is a Russian helicopter manufacturing company located in Rostov-on-Don. It was founded on 1st of July 1939. Rostvertol is the only helicopter manufacturing company in Russia not controlled by the government.It produces Мi-26T, Mi-24 and Mi-28N....
to form Oboronprom Corp
Oboronprom
OPK Oboronprom is a Russian aerospace holding company. The company is involved in helicopter production, engine production, air-defenсe systems, complex radio-electronic systems and leasing...
in 2006. The Mil brand name has been retained, though the new company dropped overlapping product lines.
Types
- Mi-1 "Hare"Mil Mi-1The Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 ( (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one 575 hp Ivchenko AI-26V radial. It entered...
, 1948 - light multi purpose helicopter - Mi-2 "Hoplite"Mil Mi-2The Mil Mi-2 is a small, lightly armored transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon.-Design and development:...
, 1965 - light multi purpose helicopter - Mi-3Mil Mi-3The Mil Mi-3 was a Soviet light-utility helicopter originally designed in the 1960s as a heavier and larger version of the Mil Mi-2 helicopter. It is also a Russian designation for the Polish-Soviet co-operation on larger helicopters based on the Mi-2 that could replace the Mi-4 from 1971. The...
, 1960s- light-utility helicopter - Mi-4 "Hound"Mil Mi-4The Mil Mi-4 was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.-Design and development:...
, 1955 - transport and submarine-hunting-helicopter - V-5Mil V-5The Mil V-5 was a project in the late 1950s for a medium single-turboshaft transport helicopter, probably a variant for the Mil Mi-2. The engine was a 300kW GTD-350 turboshaft engine. The project never reached production....
, late 1950s - medium single-turboshaft transport helicopter - Mi-6 "Hook"Mil Mi-6|-Facts:*Test pilot N.B. Leshin has set the world record of speed. This event was awarded by the American Helicopter Society.*Small numbers are still in service, most in Siberia plus a small number with the People's Republic of China...
, 1957 - heavy transportation helicopter - V-7Mil V-7The Mil V-7 was an unusual experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades. It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Only one prototype was built in the late 1950s....
, late 1950s - experimental four-seat helicopter - Mi-8 "Hip"Mil Mi-8The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....
, 1968 - multi purpose helicopter - Mi-10 "Hark"Mil Mi-10-See also:-References:Bibliography* Gordon, Yefim, Komissarov, Dmitriy and Komissarov, Sergey, Mil's Heavylift Helicopters; Mi-6/Mi-10/V-12/Mi-26, Red Star Volume 22, Midland Counties Publications, 2005-External links:*http://www.aviation.ru/Mi/#10...
, 1962-1963 - skycrane - V-12 "Homer", late 1960s - experimental heavylift helicopter, 2 prototypes built, world's largest helicopter
- Mi-14 "Haze"Mil Mi-14|-See also:-External links:******...
, 1978 - submarine-hunting-helicopter - V-16Mil V-16The Mil V-16 was a Soviet heavy cargo/transport helicopter project of the late 1960s. The original scheme described a heavy side-by-side twin-rotor aircraft with two gas turbine engines below six-bladed rotors at the tips of heavily-supported wings on each side of the fuselage and tricycle-type...
, late 1960s - heavy cargo/transport helicopter - Mi-17 "Hip"Mil Mi-17The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude...
, 1974 - transportation helicopter - Mi-18Mil Mi-8The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....
, prototypes only - Mi-20Mil Mi-20The Mil Mi-20 was a small multipurpose transport helicopter built to replace the Mil Mi-1 in the mid-1960s. The helicopter was built for many roles, including transport, cargo, agricultural, training, and even light armed escort or gunship roles...
, super light helicopter - Mi-22Mil Mi-22The Mil Mi-22 was a single-engined helicopter project of the 1960s. It was similar in size and shape to the Mil Mi-2 and had problems with planned engine configuration...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-24 "Hind"Mil Mi-24The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for 8 passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and by over thirty other nations.In NATO circles the export...
, 1978 - heavy combat helicopter- Mi-24 variantsMil Mi-24 variantsThe Mi-24 went from drawing board in 1968 to first test-flights in less than eighteen months. The first models were delivered to the armed forces for evaluation in 1971. The Hind-A did have a number of problems: lateral roll, weapon sighting problems, and limited field of view for the pilot...
- Mi-24 variants
- Mi-25 "Hind"Mil Mi-24The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for 8 passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and by over thirty other nations.In NATO circles the export...
, export version of Mi-24 - Mi-26 "Halo"Mil Mi-26The Mil Mi-26 is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.-Design and development:...
, World's heaviest helicopter - Mi-28 "Havoc"Mil Mi-28The Mil Mi-28 is a Russian all-weather day-night military tandem two-seat anti-armour attack helicopter. It is a dedicated attack helicopter with no intended secondary transport capability, better optimized than the Mil Mi-24 for the role...
, 1984 - combat helicopter - Mi-30Mil Mi-30The Mil Mi-30 is a passenger transport convertiplane-type rotorcraft project that started in 1972 and was called the Vintoplan. It was built to replace the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopters and carry 19 passengers or 2T of cargo. It was expected to use a twin TV3-117 turboshaft engine and a four-bladed...
, vertical take-off aircraft, planned, unbuilt - Mi-32Mil Mi-32The Mil Mi-32 was a conceptual helicopter developed by the former Soviet Union in 1982. It was to be equipped with three rotors, with two engines driving each rotor. These engines were the same ones found in the smaller transport Mil Mi-26....
, super heavy helicopter, three rotors, unbuilt - Mi-34 "Hermit"Mil Mi-34|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.-External links:*...
, 1986 - light helicopter - Mi-35 "Hind"Mil Mi-24The Mil Mi-24 is a large helicopter gunship and attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for 8 passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and by over thirty other nations.In NATO circles the export...
, export version of Mi-24 - Mi-36, planned only
- Mi-38Euromil Mi-38-External links:* * * *...
, 2000 - multi purpose helicopter - Mi-40Mil Mi-40The Mil Mi-40 was a projected utility version of the Mil Mi-28, first initiated in 1983, announced in 1992 and shown at the Moscow Airshow in 1993...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-42, planned, unbuilt
- Mi-44Mil Mi-44The Mil Mi-44 is a utility helicopter being developed from the the Mi-34 by the Mil Design Bureau .-Design and development:In the mid 1980s, the Omsk OKB started the development of a light 650 hp TV-O-100 engine specifically for the Mi-44. The engine would increase the take-off weight to and...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-46Mil Mi-46The Mil Mi-46 is a projected passenger/cargo/flying crane aircraft first announced in 1992. The aircraft was split into two versions: Mi-46T and Mi-46K. The Mi-46T was the passenger/cargo transport version, just half the weight of the Mi-26, fit to replace the aging Mi-6. The Mi-46K was the flying...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-52Mil Mi-52The Mil Mi-52 "Snegir" is a projected four-seat light utility helicopter of the 1990s. The given name, "Snegir", is Russian for bullfinch. One mockup was built in 2000 and had two planned versions, which had different designations based on their engine number: Mi-52-1, with single 199 kW...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-54Mil Mi-54The Mil Mi-54 was a projected twin-turbine civil utility helicopter, first announced in 1992, fit to replace the Mi-2 and the Mi-8 helicopters. It was planned to use two 574 kW Saturn/Lyulka AL-32 turboshaft engines, four-bladed main and tail rotors, and fixed tricycle-type landing gear with...
, 2010 - multirole helicopter - Mi-58Mil Mi-58The Mil Mi-58 was a projected twin-turbine passenger helicopter based on the Mil Mi-28 first announced at the 1995 Paris Air Show. It was planned to have two 2,088kW Klimov TV3-117VMA-SB3 turboshaft engines, Mi-28's main rotor and Delta H tail rotor, and fixed tricycle-type landing gear with one...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-60Mil Mi-60The Mil Mi-60MAI is a three-seat light helicopter first seen as a mockup at Moscow Salon in 2001. The mockup shows a three-bladed main rotor, two-bladed tail rotor, and a skid undercarriage with rear wheels on each skid...
, planned, unbuilt - Mi-115Mil Mi-60The Mil Mi-60MAI is a three-seat light helicopter first seen as a mockup at Moscow Salon in 2001. The mockup shows a three-bladed main rotor, two-bladed tail rotor, and a skid undercarriage with rear wheels on each skid...
, planned, unbuilt (Mi-60Mil Mi-60The Mil Mi-60MAI is a three-seat light helicopter first seen as a mockup at Moscow Salon in 2001. The mockup shows a three-bladed main rotor, two-bladed tail rotor, and a skid undercarriage with rear wheels on each skid...
) - Mi-171Mil Mi-17The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude...
version of Mi-17Mil Mi-17The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude... - Mi-172Mil Mi-17The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude...
version of Mi-17Mil Mi-17The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude... - Mi-234Mil Mi-34|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.-External links:*...
version of Mi-34Mil Mi-34|-See also:-References:* Jackson, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.-External links:*... - Mi-X1Mil Mi-X1Mil Mi-X1 is a high-speed helicopter being proposed by Mil of Russia.The aircraft belongs to the same program as its competitor Kamov's Ka-92 intended to create a new generation of middle-class helicopters cruising at about 500km/h...
, planned, unbuilt
See also: List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
External links
- Official web site
- http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmd/dth/mil.htm
- The Creative Work of Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant