Mi-8 Hip

Country of Origin	CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
Similar Aircraft	Mi-17 Hip H, Puma, Mi-2 Hoplite, Super Frelon.
Crew	Two (three with flight engineer).
Role	Armed assault-transport (24 equipped troops, light weapons, and vehicles).
Armament	Rockets, antitank missiles, machine gun, bombs.
Dimensions	Length: 61 ft (18.32 m). Rotor diameter: 70 ft (21.3 m).

Mi-8 Hip WEFT Description

Wings	Large, five-blade main rotor over the engine at the body midsection. Weapon-carrying platform at lower body midsection.
Engine(s)	Twin turboshafts mounted on top of the fuselage. Two round air intakes just above the cockpit. Rounded exhaust ports.
Fuselage	Long, bus-like body with rounded nose and glassed-in cockpit. Two fuel pods offset and mounted low on the body. Upswept rear section. Tricycle landing gear.
Tail	Tail boom tapers to the small, swept-back, and tapered fin with rotor on top right or left. Small flats mounted forward of the fin.

Countries which Fly the Mi-8 Hip

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, North Yemen, People’s Republic of China, Slovakia, SouthYemen, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zambia.