Mil V-7

V-7
Role Experimental helicopter
Manufacturer Mil
First flight 1959
Status Cancelled
Number built 1


The Mil V-7 was an unusual experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades.[1] It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Only one prototype was built, in the late 1950s.[2]

Technical data for Mil V-7:

References

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  1. ↑ Simpson, R. Airlife's Helicopter and Rotorcraft, 1998.
  2. ↑ Gunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft. Osprey, 2000.