Mil Mi-26 — Manufacturing World's LARGEST 131ft Long Helicopter
264CH-47 Chinooks are big. CH-53 Sea Stallions are bigger. But the Russian Mi-26 Halo is biggest. This heavy-lift helicopter, code named Halo by NATO observers, is the biggest and most powerful helicopter in the world in serial production.
The Halo is the undisputed king of military heavy lift helicopters. At 40 metres or 131ft, it is twice as long as a cricket wicket and taller than a giraffe, and is the largest helicopter ever to enter mass production. It is also the most powerful: two 11,400bhp engines allow it to carry loads weighing up to 20 tonnes – that’s the same as a C-130 Hercules. In 1982 the aircraft set the world record for the heaviest mass lifted to 2,000 metres by carrying a load of 56,768 kilograms, a record that still stands today.
The Mi-26 was designed for both military and commercial operations. The MI-26 is famous for recovering big helicopters, including a disabled two U.S. Army MH-47E Chinook helicopter from an Afghan mountainside.
Country – Soviet Union/Russia
Introduction – 1983
Crew – 5
Length – 40.025 m (131 ft 4 in)
Height – 8.145 m (26 ft 9 in)
Rotor diameter – 32 m (105 ft 0 in)
Capacity – 90 troops or 60 medevac stretchers or 20,000 kg (44,000 lb) payload
Max take-off weight – 56,000 kg (123,459 lb)
Engine – 2 × ZMKB Progress D-136 turboshaft engines, 8,500 kW (11,400 hp) each
Range – 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
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