Mi-6 (Hook A) Russian Heavy Transport Helicopter

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Basic Information

Name

Mi-6 (Hook A) Russian Heavy Transport Helicopter

Designation

Mil Mi-6

Alternate Designation

Mil Mi-6; Hook A

Equipment Type

—

Manufacturer

Mil

Date of Introduction

1957

Description

The Mi-6 (Hook A) Russian Heavy Transport Helicopter was first flown in 1957. This thing is a monster. It is huge. You feel tiny when you stand beside it. It looks far too big to be able to hover. It was a Soviet heavy transport helicopter built in large numbers for both military and civil roles. It had a crew of 6; pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight engineer, radio operator, and technician. It had a top speed of 186 mph (300km/h) with a range of 385 miles (620 km). The Mil Mi-6 is famous for what it could carry: 90 passengers or 70 airborne troops or 41 stretcher cases with 2 medical personnel or up to 12,000 kg (26,400 lb) of internal cargo. It had a service ceiling of 14,750 ft (4,500 m). More than 800 of these heavy-lift helicopters were built before production ended in 1981. It was replaced by the Mil Mi-26 in the 1990s The Mil-6 Hook heavy transport helicopter was built for the Soviet Air forces and Aeroflot. The helicopter was designed to meet the needs for a machine able to transport heavy trucks, tracked vehicles, oil installations, and other cumbersome loads, as well as for the teams of geologists working in Siberia. Getting this giant of a helicopter in the air is not an easy design task. The Mi-6 Hook has an enormous gearbox, heavier than its engines, and often uses short wings to relieve the load on the rotor in cruise. The Mi-6 was powered by twin Soloviev D-25V (TB-2BM) turboshaft engines with 4,100 kW (5,500 SHP) each. It held the record for being the largest and fastest helicopter for a number of years. The large, five-blade main rotor is centered over the fuselage midsection. The fuselage is long and bus-like, with a round, stepped-up cockpit and round, glassed-in nose section and fixed landing gear. Bulged windows were mounted on the pilot's and copilot's doors to provide visibility down and to the rear. Standard avionics provided day-night, all-weather flight capability. Military variants included an "identification friend or foe (IFF)" transponder and a radar warning receiver (RWR) system.

Air & Air Defense Specifications

Crew 5

Max Speed 300.0 km/h

Range 620.0 km

Endurance 2.00 hrs

Variants

V-6 (Zavod No.329 Moscow) First prototype series.

Mi-6 (NATO – Hook-A) Heavy-lift civil and military transport helicopter.

Mi-6A Troopships and commercial transport helicopters built to a new baseline standard with improvements in reliability and new avionics.

Mi-6AYa (NATO – Hook-D) OKB designation for the Mi-6VzPU and Mi-22 airborne command posts, with SLAR.

Mi-6APS (PS - poiskovo-spasahtel'nyy - search and rescue) A limited number of search and rescue helicopters converted from Mi-6A standard aircraft.

Mi-6ATZ (TZ - toplivoza-pravshchik - fuel tanker) Fuel transport helicopter variant of the Mi-6A.

Mi-6 Boorlak (boorlak - barge hauler) Prototype ASW/MCM helicopters, used for research into ASW equipment when delays to the mission equipment forced cancellation.

Mi-6BUS (NATO – Hook-C) (Also Mi-6AYa and Mi-22) airborne command post helicopter of 1975.

Mi-6L (Also Mi-6LL: Letayushchaya laboratoriya) Flying laboratory variant with D-25VF engines used for flight improvements of the Mi-6 and testbed for the powerplant of the Mi-12.

Mi-6M (M - morskoy - maritime) Anti-submarine variant armed with four aerial torpedoes and ASW rockets, and equipped with various experimental ASW systems. First built in 1963 and modified in 1965 for the "Barge Hauler" program.

Mi-6M (M - modifit-seerovannyy - modified) A projected redesign of the Mi-6 to carry 11 to 22 t (11,000 to 22,000 kg; 24,000 to 49,000 lb) over 800 km (500 mi), cancelled due to the limitations of the five-bladed rotor specified.

Mi-6P (P - passazheerskiy - passenger) Passenger transport helicopter, with accommodation for 80 passengers. One prototype was converted from a stock Mi-6.

Mi-6PP (PP - postanovshchik pomekh - ECM aircraft) A prototype Counter-ELINT aircraft to protect air-defense radars from enemy ECM and/or ELINT activities .

Mi-6PR (Protivodeystviya Radiorazvedke) Development in 1962 for jammer/electronic warfare variant.

Mi-6PRTBV (podvizhnaya raketno-tekhnicheskaya baza vertlyotnovo tipa) A few modified as mobile missile maintenance technical bases and missile transporters.

Mi-6PS (PS - poiskovo-spasahtel'nyy - search and rescue) Search and rescue (SAR) helicopter developed in 1966 for pick-up of the landed Vostok and Soyuz space modules.

Mi-6PSA Alternative designation, used in some sources, for the Mi-6APS.

Mi-6PZh (PZh - pozharnyy - fire fighting) Fire fighting variant, with a 12,000 l (2,639.63 imp gal; 3,170.06 US gal) tank in the cabin and six 1,500 l (329.95 imp gal; 396.26 US gal) bags suspended from the fuselage. The sole prototype crashed in France fighting a fire, soon after display at the 27th Paris Air Show.

Mi-6PZh2 A second firefighting helicopter prototype and several conversions with a steerable water cannon in the nose.

Mi-6R (R - Retranslyator - ) Specialised radio communications relay variant developed in 1974, prototype conversions only.

Mi-6RVK (RVK - raketno-vertolyotny kompleks - heliborne missile system) Tested in 1965 loaded with 9K53, 9K73, 9M21 Luna-MV or 8K114 mobile missile systems.

Mi-6S Medical evacuation helicopter, which can carry 41 litters.

Mi-6T (NATO – Hook-A) Military transport helicopter, which can seat up to 70 people on tip-up seats along the cabin sides, with additional seat along the center-line.

Mi-6TP Convertible freight/passenger helicopter.

Mi-6TZ (TZ - toplivoza-pravshchik - fuel tanker) Fuel transport helicopter to refuel vehicles and helicopters on the ground.

Mi-6TZ-SV (TZ-SV - toplivoza-pravshchik - sookhoputnyye voyska - fuel tanker-ground forces) Fuel transport helicopter to refuel vehicles on the ground.

Mi-6VR (VR - Vodoley - Aquarius) A water spraying research helicopter to test helicopter anti-icing systems.

Mi-6VKP (NATO – Hook-B) (VKP - vozdooshnnyy poonkt - airborne command post) Command post transport helicopter to deploy comms and war room on the ground, not usable in flight.

Mi-6VUS (NATO – Hook-D) airborne command post with SLAR.

Mi-6VzPU (NATO – Hook-D) Service designation of the Mi-6AYa airborne command post with SLAR, entered service as the Mi-22.

Mi-22 VVS designation of the Mi-6AYa/VzPU airborne command post helicopters.

System

Alternative Designation Mil Mi-6; Hook A

Primary Function Heavy Transport Helicopter

Manufacturer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

In Service 1957-2002 Russia 1957-Present Other Nations

Missions Missions include heavy-lift cargo operations, medical evacuation, troop transport and civil operations such as fire-fighting.

Crew 5 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight engineer, radio operator)

Passengers + 70 troops; or 41 litters + 2 attendants; or 26,450 lb (12,000) cargo

Blades, Main Rotor 5 ea

Blades, Tail Rotor 4 ea

Number of Engines 2 ea

Day/Night Capable Yes

All Weather Capable INA

Number of Hard Points INA

Landing Gear The helicopter has a tricycle landing gear with oleo pneumatic shock-absorbers

Dimensions

Length 33.18 m

Height 9.86 m

Main Rotor Diameter 35.0 m

Disc Area 962 sq m m

Cabin Length 12.0 m

Cabin Width 2.65 m

Cabin Height, Front 2.01 m

Cabin Height, Rear 2.50 m

Cabin Volume 80 cu m

Weight, Empty 27,240 kg

Weight, Maximum Takeoff 42,500 kg

Payload, Internal 12,000 kg

Cargo Capacity + 70 troops; or 41 litters + 2 attendants; or 26,450 lb (12,000) cargo

Payload, Sling Load 8,000 kg

Wing Area 35 m2 (380 sq ft) auxiliary wing (when fitted)

Airfoil, Root TsAGI P-35 (15%)

Airfoil, Tip TsAGI P-35 (12%) [

Automotive

Engine Name 2 x Soloviev D-25V (TV-2BM) turboshaft

Engine Type INA

Engine Power 5,500 shaft hp each hp

Speed, Maximum 300 km/h

Speed, Cruise 250 km/h

Range, with 8,000 kg Payload 620 km

Range, Fitted w/External Tanks 1,000 km

Range, Fitted w/External and Cabin Ferry Tanks 1,450 km

Ceiling 4,500 m

Fuel Capacity 8,250 l (2,180 US gal; 1,810 imp gal) (6,315 kg (13,922 lb)) in 11 fuselage tanks + 4,500 l (1,200 US gal; 990 imp gal) in two external tanks + optional 4,500 l (1,200 US gal; 990 imp gal) in auxiliary cabin tanks

Maximum Fuel Capacity 17,250 l (4,560 US gal; 3,790 imp gal)

Endurance 2 hours 51 minutes at 140–160 km/h (87–99 mph; 76–86 kn) at 1,000 m (3,281 ft) and 40,500 kg (89,287 lb) TOW

Time to altitude at 40,500 kg (89,287 lb) TOW 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 9 minutes 42 seconds 4,500 m (14,764 ft) in 20 minutes 42 seconds

Main Weapons System

System

Name 1 x Afanasev A-12.7

Type 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun

Manufacturer Tulamashzavod Tula Izhmash Izhevsk Kovrov KMZ

In Service 1949-Present

Length 1,423 mm

Barrel length 1,005 mm

Width 153 mm

Height 154.5 mm

Weight 25.5 kg

Barrels 1 ea

Action Gas operation

Rate of Fire 800–1,100 rpm

Ammunition

Type Rifle

Caliber 12.7 mm

Cartrdidge 12.7×108mm

Muzzle Velocity 818 m/s

Basic Load 270 Rounds

Fire Control

Fire Control System Type INA

Fire Control Radar INA

Digital or Analog Cockpit Analog

Direct Fire Control INA

Laser Designator INA

Automated Helmet INA

Position Location System Yes

Protection

Fuselage The fuselage has a stepped front with a heavily framed and glazed "navigator" nose

Cockpit Glass INA

Stealth Properties No

Heat Signature Reduction INA

Add on Armor INA

NBC Protection Yes

EW INA

EW Counter Measures/CCM INA

Counter Measures (Chaff/Flares) INA

Details

Country of Origin Russia

Category Transport Helicopter

Air > Transport Helicopter

Classification

Domain

Air & Air Defense

Equipment Status

Active

Dimensions

Length

33.18 m

Width

—

Height

9.86 m

Weight

42500 kg

Operators (18)

Russia

China

Ukraine

Poland

Belarus

Algeria

Bulgaria

Egypt

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Laos

Peru

Syria

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

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