The largest production helicopter in the world Mi 26


Giant Helicopter (Mil Mi-26) picks up a The Boeing CH-47 Chinook
















If you compare it with the usual Chinook, Mi-26 really looks great:






Russian helicopter Mi-26 giant nicknamed GROM largest helicopter.





Giant flying machine the largest helicopter in the world. Need to carry heavy loads in harsh conditions of the Arctic, no one helicopter in the world will carry that can this giant bird. Powerful stream coming from the propeller blades capable people fell down, breaking branches of trees,

Characteristics of the Mi-26 .


Crew of 5 persons
Height 8.15 m
Length 33.73
Empty weight 28.2 tons
Maximum weight of 56 tons
12,000 liters of fuel mass
Maximum speed of 295 km / h
Summer of 2000 km range
Is a point of take-off 6500 m
Maximum load capacity of 25 tons

Mi 26 can fly at a temperature of -60 degrees

GROM drives two oval turbo engine to 11000 horsepower, from which the earth trembles

This is the first car in the world with eight bladed propeller. Each blade has an incredible length of 15 meters. This screw rotates almost the speed of sound . Rotation speed of 192 rpm Air flow rate from its screw 115 km / h Edge blades reinforced heavy-duty titanium coating . Screw diameter of 32 meters , which is equal wingspan of a Boeing 737. GROM is a metal monster . Terminator from the world of huge helicopter was created by Soviet scientists for carrying large loads.olor


Official site: http://www.rostvertolplc.ru/

Mi 26 fire fighting version