The Mil Mi-30 was a Soviet tiltrotor project, called a vintoplan in Russian, that the Mil design bureau worked on from the 1970s as a faster, longer-ranging successor to the Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters. Its specification kept growing at the request of the military: the payload rose from 2 tons and 19 troops to 3.5 tons and 32 troops, the target speed to 500 to 600 km/h over a range of 800 km, and the weight from 10 to 30 tons, with the choice of engines changing several times. By 1991 Mil had projected three versions, the Mi-30S, Mi-30D and Mi-30L. The project was written into the Soviet armaments programme for 1986 to 1995, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union it never left the stage of analytical and engineering research, and the only flyable version ever built was a small-scale radio-controlled model.
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Source Mil Mi-30 Vintoplan (GlobalSecurity.org)Development, versionsQuote, Development, versions
By 1991, Mil projected three versions of the aircraft: Mi-30S, Mi-30D, and Mi-30L
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Source Mil Mi-30 Vintoplan (GlobalSecurity.org)IntroductionQuote, Introduction
For the Soviet military, the potential advantages of a tilt-rotor were self-evident
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1. Mil Mi-30 Vintoplan (GlobalSecurity.org)
Introduction, tilt-rotor concept
The civil aviation value of a tilt-rotor helicopter appeared greater in the Soviet Union then it was in the United States.
Development, outcome
Unfortunately, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the economic difficulties emerged, vintoplan Mi-30 and did not climb out of the stage of the analytical and engineering research.
Development, versions
By 1991, Mil projected three versions of the aircraft: Mi-30S, Mi-30D, and Mi-30L
Introduction
For the Soviet military, the potential advantages of a tilt-rotor were self-evident
Development, project start
The Mil Mi-30 Vintoplan was a passenger transport convertiplane-type rotorcraft project started in 1972
Design, original engine
It was expected to use a twin TV3-117 turboshaft engine and a four-bladed propeller rotor on each wing
In Group: Military Transport and Utility Helicopters, Development, replacement for the Mi-8
The new Mi-30 was superior in speed and range to the Mi-8
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Design and things, outcomeQuote, Design and things, outcome
The Mi-30 Vintoplan was included in the 5-year plan in the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1995, but the project was never completed.
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