Other attributes
Mi-26 (product "90", according to NATO codification: Halo) is a Soviet and Russian heavy multi-purpose transport helicopter. The world's largest mass-produced transport helicopter. Produced at the Rostvertol plant of the Russian Helicopters holding.
General information
The Mi-26 helicopter is designed for flights in various physical and geographical conditions according to the rules of visual and instrumental flights day and night, on equipped and non-instrumented routes and routes off-piste and on non-orientated terrain, both from equipped and non-equipped sites (heliports).
The helicopter is built according to the classical scheme with an eight-blade main rotor and a five-blade tail rotor, a three-post fixed landing gear. The helicopter's power plant includes two D-136 turboshaft engines and a TA-8 auxiliary power unit. The design of the helicopter is made of aluminum-lithium alloys with a wide use of titanium alloys and composite materials.
The helicopter is intended for:
- transportation of goods on an external sling or inside a cargo compartment weighing up to 20 tons, simultaneous transportation in a hot-sleeve and on an external sling with a total weight of not more than 20 tons is allowed.
- transportation of the sick or wounded, with the provision of care for them, for which the helicopter is equipped with appropriate equipment
- transportation of 82 paratroopers with weapons and equipment
