Mil Mi-34

what is it?

The Mil Mi-34 (NATO reporting name: Hermit) is a light helicopter designed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant in either a two or four seat configuration for utility and training. It was first flown on 17 November 1986 and introduced at the Paris Air Show in 1987. The Mi-34 entered production in 1993, and is capable of performing aerobatic manoeuvres, including rolls and loops.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 10 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 210 km/htop speed
• range 356 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,450 kgmax take-off weight
• built 27made 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 40 years ago, in 1986.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Rotor of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1986-11-17

introduced

1989

status

retired

number built

27

role

helicopter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

engines

1× Vedeneyev M-14V-26V / Vedeneyev M14P

crew

1

passengers

2

length

11.4 m

rotor diameter

10 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,450 kg

top speed

210 km/h

cruise speed

170 km/h

range

356 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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