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Mil Mi-32

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The Mil Mi-32 was a Soviet superheavy helicopter project intended to lift loads of up to 55 tons for the oil, gas and construction industries of Siberia and the far north, and for the armed forces, which needed to move heavy combat vehicles. After Mil studied lifting such loads with two or three Mi-26 helicopters on a common cable suspension, the design bureau chose a three-rotor layout built from the rotor systems and power plants of the Mi-26, with the rotors on three nacelles arranged as a triangle joined by a tubular fuselage about 40 metres long. Six D-136 engines in pairs were to power it, and the load was to hang on ropes of 5 to 60 metres beneath the nacelles. Takeoff mass was estimated at 136 to 146 tons. It stayed a design study and was never built.

Facts
Year
1976 1
Status
Design only (never built) 2
Comparison
Body Style
Helicopter 1
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Aviation, Modes
Source Mil Mi-32 (GlobalSecurity.org)

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Mil, Networks and Operators
Source Mil Mi-32 (GlobalSecurity.org)
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Manufactured By

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

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Source Mil Mi-32 (GlobalSecurity.org)Origin
Quote, Origin
In 1976 Mil examined the possibility of the transport of those loads by two and three Mi-26 with a general cable suspension

Originated In

Soviet Union

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Source Mil Mi-32 (GlobalSecurity.org)Origin, country of origin
Quote, Origin, country of origin
In the 1970's the fuel-energy and raw-material base of the USSR began to be moved from the European USSR into the regions of Siberia, extreme north and Far East
Sources
1. Mil Mi-32 (GlobalSecurity.org)
  • Design, superheavy helicopter
    The new projected superheavy helicopter obtained designation Mi-32.
  • Origin, December 1976 decision
    As a result, in December 1976 GKNT of the USSR let out the decision for Mil to prepare proposal about the creation of the helicopter of the increased load capacity.
  • Origin
    In 1976 Mil examined the possibility of the transport of those loads by two and three Mi-26 with a general cable suspension
  • Origin, country of origin
    In the 1970's the fuel-energy and raw-material base of the USSR began to be moved from the European USSR into the regions of Siberia, extreme north and Far East
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2. Mil Mi-32 (Wikipedia)
Design, outcome
Quote, Design, outcome
However, due to the dissolution of the USSR, it was never built.
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