Mil Mi-14

what is it?

The Mil Mi-14 (Russian: Миль Ми-14, NATO reporting name: Haze) is a Soviet shore-based nuclear-capable amphibious anti-submarine helicopter derived from the earlier Mi-8.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 21.3 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 230 km/htop speed
• size 14 tmax take-off weight
• built 230made 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 57 years ago, in 1969.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 21.3 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1969-09

introduced

1977

retired

2016

status

still flying

number built

230

role

anti-submarine helicopter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, Kazan Helicopters

engines

2× Klimov TV3-117MT / Klimov TV3-117

crew

4

length

18.4 m

rotor diameter

21.3 m

height

6.9 m

max take-off weight

14 t

top speed

230 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,500 m

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

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