Mi-171 helicopter

Mi-171 helicopter

The Mi-171 helicopter is a new type of helicopter designed by Russia's Miri Design Bureau and produced by Russia's Ulan Aerospace Production Combine, offering significant improvements in performance and reliability over the Mi-8T and Mi-17. Development of the new aircraft began in 1988 and production began in 1991. A variety of models have since been developed, with the most notable being the Mi-171SH armed transport helicopter, which was successfully developed in 1993, combining transport and armed helicopters perfectly, and began mass production in 2000.

Since the 1990s, the Mi-171 series helicopters have been exported in large numbers to countries in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, with more than 400 Mi-171 family helicopters in service in various countries.

Technical data

Name: Mi-171 helicopter

First flight: 1991

Developed by: Miri Design Bureau, Russia

Produced by: Ulan Aviation Production Combine, Russia

Aerodynamic layout: single rotor

Flight speed: subsonic

Technical Data

Crew: 30

Length: 25.35 meters

Rotor diameter: 21.29 meters

Height: 5.6 meters

Empty weight: 7,055 kg

Engine: engines: engines are two 1,545-kilowatt, 2,070-horsepower Isotov TV3-117VM turboshafts< /p>

Maximum take-off weight: 13,011 kg

Performance data

Maximum flight speed: 250 km/h

Maximum range: 495 km

Type evolution

The Mi-171 transport helicopter

Developed in 1991, one of the main strengths of the Mi-171 helicopter is the versatility of being able to One of its main advantages is its versatility, which allows it to be used as a search and rescue, firefighting, paramedic, and emergency helicopter in a relatively short period of time by means of fitting winches, overflow devices, and rescue and medical equipment, and to transport up to 37 people and 4,000 kilograms of cargo (in the internal cargo compartment and externally).

Mi-171SH armed transport helicopter

It is a perfect combination of transport helicopters and armed combat helicopters, successfully developed in 1993, mainly used to provide fire support to the army forces by international military experts as a highly effective counter-terrorism weapon; in addition, the Mi-171SH is simple to use, does not require a particularly high level of skilled technical maintenance personnel, the sale price is relatively inexpensive.