Mil_V-7 Knowpia

V-7
Role	Experimental tip-drive helicopter
Manufacturer	Mil
First flight	1959
Introduction	1958

The Mil V-7 was an experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades.^[1] It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Four aircraft were built in the late 1950s, but only one is known to have flown, with only the pilot aboard.^[2]

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Data from The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 3 passengers
Empty weight: 730 kg (1,609 lb)
Gross weight: 835 kg (1,841 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko AI-7 ramjets, 0.549 kN (123.5 lbf) thrust each
Main rotor diameter: 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)

References edit

^ Simpson, R.W. (1998). Airlife's helicopters and rotorcraft. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 978-1853109683.
^ ^a ^b Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey. p. 235. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.

[Simpson-1] Simpson, R.W. (1998). Airlife's helicopters and rotorcraft. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 978-1853109683.

[Gunston-2] Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey. p. 235. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.

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