Mil Mi-10

what is it?

The Mil Mi-10 (NATO reporting name Harke), given the product number izdeliye 60, is a Soviet military transport helicopter of flying crane configuration, developed from the Mi-6, entering service in 1963. While most versions had been retired by 2009, the short-legged Mi-10K was still in service as of 2014.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 35 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 335 km/htop speed
• range 430 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 28passengers
• size 43.7 tmax take-off weight
• built 55made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 66 years ago, in 1960.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 35 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight

1960-06-15

introduced

1963

status

still flying

number built

55

role

aerial crane

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Rostvertol, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

engines

2× Soloviev D-25V / Soloviev D-25

crew

3

passengers

28

length

32.9 m

rotor diameter

35 m

max take-off weight

43.7 t

top speed

335 km/h

cruise speed

180 km/h

range

430 km

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.