Mil Mi-17M Air-Sea Rescue Variant
The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Russian helicopter in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. It is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter, developed from the basic Mi-8 airframe, fitted with the larger Klimov TV3-117MT engines, rotors, and transmission developed for the Mi-14.
The Mi-17 can be readily differentiated from the Mi-8 because it has the tail rotor on the port side instead of the starboard side, and dust shields in front of the engine intakes. Some 12,000 have been built to date and it remains in production today (2018).
The helicopter has a crew of three (two pilots and an engineer) and can carry 24 troops. It can carry 4 tonnes of cargo internally or 5 tonnes externally slung. Empty, it weighs just under 7.5 tonnes and has a maximum take-off weight of 12 tonnes. Military variants can carry up to 1,500 kg of weaponry on six hardpoints, including bombs, rockets and gun pods.
The example seen above was at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show where it appeared as an air-sea rescue variant with an expended flotation device visible on the port undercarriage and a rescue basket and hoist by the door. Kazan Helicopters, based in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, is the main producer of the type.
Mil Mi-17M Air-Sea Rescue Variant
The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Russian helicopter in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. It is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter, developed from the basic Mi-8 airframe, fitted with the larger Klimov TV3-117MT engines, rotors, and transmission developed for the Mi-14.
The Mi-17 can be readily differentiated from the Mi-8 because it has the tail rotor on the port side instead of the starboard side, and dust shields in front of the engine intakes. Some 12,000 have been built to date and it remains in production today (2018).
The helicopter has a crew of three (two pilots and an engineer) and can carry 24 troops. It can carry 4 tonnes of cargo internally or 5 tonnes externally slung. Empty, it weighs just under 7.5 tonnes and has a maximum take-off weight of 12 tonnes. Military variants can carry up to 1,500 kg of weaponry on six hardpoints, including bombs, rockets and gun pods.
The example seen above was at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show where it appeared as an air-sea rescue variant with an expended flotation device visible on the port undercarriage and a rescue basket and hoist by the door. Kazan Helicopters, based in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, is the main producer of the type.