The Mil Mi-8 (Russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968.

Apr 26, 2016 · Designed as a medium-lift transport helicopter, the Hip, in its many variants, fulfilled a miscellany of mission requirements, including troop and cargo transportation, air ambulance, attack helicopter, airborne command post, fire fighter, and civilian carrier.

Oct 3, 2023 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Mil Mi-8 (Hip) Multirole Medium-Lift Helicopter including pictures.

The Mil Mi-8 is a twin-engined medium utility helicopter developed by the Soviet manufacturer Mil OKB, today MIL Moscow helicopter plant, JSC (Russia). The Mil Mi-8 is today (2010) still in production as Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-171.

Sep 13, 2021 · After its entry into service the helicopter received the designation Mi-8MT; it entered series production at the Kazan Helicopter Plant in 1977. From the following year onwards it was powered by...

The "Mi-8MTV-3 / Mi-17V-3" was a slight upgrade of the Mi-8. Oddly it eliminated the nose gun and reduced the stores pylons from six to four, but it permitted a greater variety of external stores and had other small improvements.

Mi8AMT, Mi-8MT and Mi-8MTV are versions of the Mi-17, with more powerful turboshafts and port-side tail rotor. All helicopters of Mi-8/Mi-17 series in Russian military service are known as Mi-8s of various subtypes, regardless of engines fitted.

Third generation of the Mi-8/17, the Mi-8AMT is a multi-role helicopter developed at the Mil Moscow Plant and producted by Ulan-Ude plant. Powered by two TV3-117VM tuboshaft engines of 2,200 shp. Exported as Mi-171 and military variant known as Mi-8AMTSh

It flies practically on all continents, is used as the militarian (in transport and with great dispatch-transport versions) and civil. Two versions of this car are presented to collections of a museum - civil Ми-8АО and militarian Mi-8T.

This new version was initially called Mi-8M, and then Mi-8MT (MT for Modernizerovannyy Transportnyy - Modernized Transport) "Hip-H." Its performance was superior thanks to the new Isotov TV3-117MT turbines (1) rated at 1900hp associated with the Mi-14 VR-14 gearbox with a reinforced transmission chain.