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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Mil Mi-4 Szolnok 2010 01: User:VargaA· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Z-5: calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Mi-4-JH01 (remix): Jan Hrdonka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Mi-4 Riga: Bandanschik· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Mi4 Puspenerbad: Csatria13· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 36", NATO reporting name "Hound") is a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 21 m main rotor
base stats
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Rotor of 21 m: about 5 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
- 1952-06-03
- introduced
- 1953
- number built
- 4,000
- role
- transport helicopter
- makers
- Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- engines
- 1× Shvetsov ASh-82V / ASh-82
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 16
- length
- 16.8 m
- rotor diameter
- 21 m
- height
- 4.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,550 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 5,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q169427, Wikipedia: Mil Mi-4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.