Mil Mi-4
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The Mil Mi-4 (originally known to US intelligence as the Type-36 and later by the NATO reporting name Hound) was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.
The Mi-4 was designed in response to the American H-19 Chickasaw and the deployment of U.S. helicopters during the Korean War. The first model entered service in 1952 and replaced the Mi-1. The helicopter was first displayed to the outside world in 1953 at the Soviet Aviation Day in Tushino.
One Mi-4 was built with a jettisonable rotor.
The Mi-4 went out of service with the development of the Mi-8. It is not used by the Russian Air Force today, though it remains in service in some countries as a utility helicopter or a military transport.
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[edit] Variants
- Mi-4 Hound-A - Basic production version.
- Mi-4A - Armed assault transport version.
- Mi-4L - Six-seat VIP transport version.
- Mi-4M Hound-C - Armed close-support version.
- Mi-4P - Civil transport version.
- Mi-4PL Hound-B - Anti-submarine warfare version.
- Mi-4S Salon - VIP transport version.
- Mi-4Skh - Multi-role agricultural version.
- Z-5 - Chinese production version.
[edit] Specifications (Mi-4A)
General characteristics
- Crew: One or two pilots
- Capacity: 16 troops or up to 1,600 kg (3,520 lb) of cargo
- Length: 26.80 m (87 ft 11 in)
- Rotor diameter: 21.00 m (68 ft 11 in)
- Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in)
- Disc area: 346.4 m² (3,727 ft²)
- Empty weight: 5,100 kg (11,220 lb)
- Loaded weight: 7,150 kg (15,730 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 7,550 kg (16,610 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Shvetsov ASh-82V radial engine, 1,250 kW (1,675 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (116 mph)
- Range: 500 km (313 miles)
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,040 ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Disc loading: 41 kg/m² (8 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.21 kW/kg (0.13 hp/lb)
[edit] Operators
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Egypt, Finland, Guinea Bissau, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Soviet Union, South Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
[edit] Civil Operators
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Comparable aircraft
Designation sequence
Mi-1 - Mi-2 - Mi-3 - Mi-4 - Mi-6 - Mi-8 - Mi-9
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