Mil Mi-2

what is it?

The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name: Hoplite) is a small, three rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, designed in the early 1960s and produced exclusively by WSK "PZL-Świdnik" in Poland. Nearly 5,500 were made by the time production stopped in 1999, and it remains in service globally.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 14.5 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• range 440 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 8passengers
• size 3,700 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5,497made 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1961-09-22

introduced

1965

status

still flying

number built

5,497

role

utility helicopter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

PZL-Świdnik

engines

2× PZL GTD-350P / GTD-350

passengers

8

length

11.4 m

wingspan

14.5 m

rotor diameter

14.5 m

height

3.8 m

max take-off weight

3,700 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

440 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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