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Mi-38 
Mi-38 in MAKS Airshow 2005 Role medium transport helicopter Design group Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant Built by Kazan Helicopter Plant First flight 22 December 2003 Number built 2 Developed from Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17 The Mil Mi-38 is a transport helicopter designed by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. Originally intended as a replacement for the Mil Mi-8 and the Mi-17, it is being marketed in both military and civil versions.[1] It flew for the first time on 22 December 2003.[2]
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Design and development
The manufacturer plans to provide the Mi-38 with a new Tranzas "glass cockpit" avionics system, modified main rotor blades.[1] The helicopter is offered with a choice of either Klimov TV7-117V or Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127/TS turboshaft engines. As of July 2011, only two airframes have been produced for testing, a third prototype being assembled at the Kazan Helicopter Plant. The production is expected to begin in 2013.[1]
The second prototype, powered by the PW127TS, made its first flight in December 2010.[3]
Specifications (Mi-38)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1/2 – one or two (for passenger transportation) pilots
- Capacity: 30 passengers ( under the AP-29 airworthiness regulations )
- Length: 19.70 m ()
- Rotor diameter: 21.10 m ()
- Height: 5.13 m ()
- Disc area: 349.5 m² ()
- Empty weight: 8,300 kg ()
- Loaded weight: 14,200 kg ()
- Powerplant: 2 × Klimov TV7-117V or Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127/TS turboshaft, 1,864 kW (2,800 shp) each
Performance
- Rate of climb: ? m/s (? ft/min)
- Disc loading: 41 kg/m² (8.3 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 260 W/kg (0.16 hp/lb) [4]
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- AgustaWestland EH101
- Sikorsky S-92
References
- ^ a b c Mi-38 helicopter production to begin in 2013, RIAN, 2010-12-02
- ^ Gethin, Howard. "EuroMil's Mi-38 collaboration makes first flight". Flight International, 6 January 2004.
- ^ Second Mi-38 Prototype Begins Testing
- ^ Mil Mi-38 Spec
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