PZL SM-2

what is it?

The PZL SM-2 was a Polish light utility helicopter, enlarged version of license-built Mil Mi-1, developed and produced by WSK PZL-Świdnik. It was also known as the WSK SM-2.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 14.3 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 310 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 4passengers
• size 2,511 kgmax take-off weight
• built 86made 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
• 🚗Rotor of 14.3 m: about 3 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

1959-11-18

introduced

1961

retired

1981

status

retired

number built

86

role

light utility helicopter

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

makers

PZL-Świdnik

engines

1× Lit-3 (licensed Ivchenko AI-26V)

crew

1

passengers

4

length

17 m

rotor diameter

14.3 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

2,511 kg

top speed

170 km/h

cruise speed

130 km/h

range

310 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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

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