- Mil V-7
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V-7 Role Experimental helicopter Manufacturer Mil First flight 1959 Status Cancelled Number built 1 The Mil V-7 was an unusual experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades.[1] It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Only one prototype was built in the late 1950s.[2]
References
- ^ Simpson, R. Airlife's Helicopter and Rotorcraft, 1998.
- ^ Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft. Osprey, 2000.
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Engine: 2 x AI-7, rotor diameter: 11.6m, loaded weight: 835kg, empty weight: 730kg
Categories:- Soviet experimental aircraft 1950–1959
- Ramjet-powered aircraft
- Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
- Mil aircraft
- Soviet helicopters 1950–1959
- 1950s aircraft stubs
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