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Mil V 7

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Wingspan
  
12 m

Weight
  
730 kg

First flight
  
1959

Length
  
6.23 m

Engine type
  
Ramjet

Number of seats
  
4

Mil V-7 httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Manufacturer
  
Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

The Mil V-7 was an unusual experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades. It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Four aircraft were built in the late 1950s, but only one is known to have flown, with only the pilot aboard.

Specifications

Data from The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Empty weight: 730 kg (1,609 lb)
  • Gross weight: 835 kg (1,841 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko AI-7 ramjets, 0.549 kN (123.5 lbf) thrust each
  • Main rotor diameter: 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)

    • Performance

    References

    Mil V-7 Wikipedia
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