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.