Mi-8/17, Μi-38, Mi-26: News

George1 wrote:

can you put numbers also fro Mi-26s and Mi-24s in different posts? thank you

A helicopter with a hybrid power plant is being developed in Russia


A helicopter with a hybrid power plant is being developed in Russia. His preliminary project is already ready. The technical appearance of the new aircraft will correspond to the promising scientific and technical level of development of helicopter technology for the next two decades.

This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Advanced Research Fund. Its specialists are engaged in the development together with the Russian Helicopters holding.

It is assumed that the new helicopter will be competitive, including in relation to foreign counterparts - in terms of speed, range, flight duration, increased reliability and versatility of use. The developers plan to achieve these technical characteristics precisely through a hybrid installation, an electromechanical transmission, electric power actuators and a combined control system with artificial intelligence technology.

The new helicopter can be used in search and rescue and medical operations. He will be able to fly 50 kilometers for seven minutes with two casualties and two medics on board and stay in the air for up to seven hours.

https://rg.ru/2020/09/30/vertolet-s-gibridnoj-silovoj-ustanovkoj-razrabatyvaiut-v-rossii.html

George1 wrote:

Urals army aviation brigade beefed up with world’s largest Mi-26 transport helicopter

YEKATERINBURG, October 28. /TASS/. The world’s largest serial-produced Mil Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter arrived for a squadron of the Central Military District’s army aviation brigade stationed in the Chelyabinsk Region, the District’s press office reported on Wednesday.

"The Mi-26 crew and the formation’s ground personnel received the combat vehicle at the manufacturing factory in the Rostov Region where the helicopter had undergone profound maintenance and its assemblies, systems and navigation equipment had been upgraded," the press office said in a statement.

Following this, the pilots made a flight to a distance of over 2,000 km with two re-fueling operations and arrived at the home airfield. The helicopter entered service with the transport helicopter unit and completed the unit’s formation, the statement says.

A Mi-26 heavy multi-purpose transport helicopter is the world’s largest serial-produced transport chopper with a maximum take-off weight of 56 tonnes and a lifting capacity of 20 tonnes. The helicopter can transport up to 70 paratroopers or 85 passengers.

The Urals army aviation brigade was set up on December 1, 2018. The brigade operates Mi-24P gunships, Mi-8MTV5-1 transport and combat helicopters and the world’s biggest Mi-26 heavy transport and air assault rotorcraft.

https://tass.com/defense/1217481

JohninMK wrote:

Russian_Patriot_ wrote:The first batch of the latest Mi-8AMTSh-VN transport and attack helicopters

Anyone else think its time to shorten the name?

GarryB wrote:I seem to remember an EW version of the aircraft being called Mi-9... maybe do what they normally do and just add a 1 at the start, so Mi-18... there was a prototype with retractable wheels and a body extention of about 2 metres but it never entered service so they could reuse the designation.

Honestly I would like to see them shift to the Mi-38 as a new standard aircraft, but the older model just keeps going...

Hole wrote:

Second one is called Mi-8MTB Bosfor-2

AMCXXL wrote:

These are Mi-8AMTSh helicopters that are used in the Moscow Helicopter Factory as test prototypes of different types of equipment.
Bosphor is the name of the device, not the helicopter

Mir wrote:

Yes I understood it as such thanks.
The VIP one comes in two versions atm - Saloon2 and Saloon3. Saloon1 is the older Mi-8 version.

Mir wrote:These are the versions I know - but yes there could be more?

mi18AMT-1-Saloon


mi-8AMTSh-1-Saloon2


mi-8AMTSh-1-Saloon3