Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
Hirundo A109,
Mi-8 Hip.
Crew. One.
Role. Transport, cargo, reconnaissance, trainer, search and rescue, liaison, armed support.
Armament. Rockets, missiles, machine guns.
Dimensions. Length: 57 ft (17.4 m). Rotor diameter: 47 ft, 6 in (14.6 m).
Wings. Three-blade main rotor on top of large hump above the body midsection.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts mounted side-by-side on top of cabin, forming a hump. Round air intakes above cockpit. Oval exhausts on sides of engines.
Fuselage. Small, bus-like. Stepped-up cockpit and rounded nose. Tadpole-shaped body when viewed from bottom. Fixed landing gear.
Tail. Tapered tail boom. Small, unequally tapered flats. Thin, swept-back fin. Rotor is on the right.
Azerbaijan, Burma, Bulgaria, CIS, Cuba, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Libya, Nicaragua, Poland, Slovakia, Syria, Ukraine.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 09 September 2000 |