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Manufacturer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant |
The Mil Mi-30 is a tiltrotor transport aircraft project started in 1972 (also known as Vintoplan). It was built to replace the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopters and carry 19 passengers or 2 metric tons of cargo. It was expected to use a twin TV3-117 turboshaft engine and a four-bladed propeller rotor on each wing. In 1991, EDO projected three versions of the aircraft: Mi-30S, Mi-30D, and Mi-30L. The only flyable version ever built was a small-scale RC version for testing its flight capabilities.
An unmanned tiltrotor project was demonstrated in Russia in 2015, and the first flight was made in early 2016.
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Mil Mi-30 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA