Mil Mi-24/35 sagas.

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Subject: Mil Mi-24/35 sagas.
Francois 12/14/2005 3:19:29 AM

Well, I am having this discussion here.
What are the good and bads of the Mi-24/35s?
I know they tend, like almost all russian kits, to be underpowered and to have a reliability to make a store keeper having nausea, but can someone enlight me on it?
I know western countries got a handfull of them for eval.

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gf0012-aust RE:Mil Mi-24/35 sagas. 4/22/2006 11:08:01 PM

The Aust Govt had a Mil-24 inpounded from the Sandline imbroglio. The word was that it was solidly built, robust but also rather "tractor like". I've had some first hand involvement in assessing a Mil-17 for refurb and upgrade some 4 years ago. the view was that it was more or less the russian version of the jeep. tough, robust and able to go on and on and on like the ever-ready bunny. but it was never going to win any aviation awards for innovation and quality engineering. we were pretty horrified at the quality of the connectors and harnessing. the one we looked at was nicknamed "the kingswood" after a popular local car of the 70's. equiv to an american chev belair, ford victoria or even an upmarket "trabbie" ;)

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Yimmy RE:Mil Mi-24/35 sagas. 4/23/2006 11:22:39 AM

I don't know how true it is, but I have read that the Hind design is unstable, and that slow turns have to be performed to avoid tipping the aircraft over and stalling it.

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In_tHe_EnD24 RE:Mil Mi-24/35 sagas. 4/23/2006 3:53:57 PM

I read something similar, its due to the wings used to mount the weapon pylons

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Rasputin 10/2/2006 1:27:21 AM

I agree with Yimmy, the Hind may have a gunship pilot and gunner configuration, but the installation of a taller crew compartment on a narrow gunship frame, certainly makes it look tippable.

Can anyone confirm that the engines on the Mi-24/35s are the same as the ones mounted on the Mil Mi 17? I also heard that for the Mi 17, the powerplants can be upgraded and replaced with those that are used on the Super Puma made by the french company Turbo Mecca.

And these old huge soviet choppers do not have the fly by wire computers to aid in flight stablization, so the pilots of such choppers must really be skillful to keep fly it well and hover.

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