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Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
Mi-26 Halo,
CH-3 Jolly Green Giant.
Crew. Five.
Role. Heavy transport (65 equipped troops), vehicles.
Armament. Machine gun.
Dimensions. Length: 109 ft (33.3 m). Rotor diameter: 115 ft (35 m).
Wings. Large, five-blade main rotor centered over fuselage midsection. Stabilizing
wings unequally tapered with blunt tips, mounted high on the fuselage, and tilted upward to the front.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts on top of fuselage midsection. Round air intakes above cockpit. Oval-shaped exhaust ports on sides.
Fuselage. Long, bus-like with round, stepped-up cockpit; round, glassed-in nose section. Upswept rear section with tapered tail boom. Fixed landing gear.
Tail. Swept-back fin is tapered. Small rotor on right. Unequally tapered flats forward of the fin.
Algeria, CIS, Egypt, Iraq, Laos, Peru, Syria, Vietnam.
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| Updated: 27 January 2008 |
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Born 09 September 2000 |