Mil V-12/Mi-12 NATO Code: Homer

The Soviet made Mil V-12 (Also referred to as the Mi-12, NATO reporting name "Homer") is the largest helicopter ever built. The name "Mi-12" would have been the name for the production helicopter. Since the V-12 never went into production and only two prototypes were built, the name "Mi-12" was never adopted.

The V-12 features the only two-rotor transverse scheme ever built by Mil eliminating the need for a tail rotor. The twin engines were taken together with the rotors from the Mil Mi-6 and duplicated on the V-12. Being the first time used by Mil, the twin rotos transvers scheme was not new. It was first seen in the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 the first fully controlable helicopter from 1936. Later other helicopter used the scheme such as the Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache from 1940. The Soviet Kamov OKB built an experimental aircraft with the same scheme in 1958, Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl . This aircraft had also the combined wing/rotor arrangement later used on the Mil V-12.

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[SHUTxUPfoo]

@s60evolve smallest citizens - Ethiopia

[Vanyaaynav]

Good Soviet technics(technical equipment) for 1968, the USA similar could not create anything....

[Vanyaaynav]

@DeamonStorm666 ANTONOV 225

[DeamonStorm666]

@Vanyaaynav

As much as I hate to disagree, they have the largest transport plane in the world.

[Vanyaaynav]

@peepeevagi I did not tell that Ch-47 shit, it you have told.... Ch-47 cannot do that that we do Mi-26 and video from Afghanistan is actual podtverzhdeniem.Mi-26 is used also worldwide. In India, Canada, in Vinesuele and other countries with the big success. Ch-47 it is not economic one minute eats 28 litres of fuel... In youtube also there is some video of failures Ch-47 and V-22.

[peepeevagi]

@Vanyaaynav And, ultimately, the CH-47 wouldn't be used AROUND THE WORLD, BY MULTIPLE MILITARIES, if it didn't work. It's why nobody else uses the V22, it doesn't really work lol.

You've got to be pretty dumb to think the Ch-47 is a total piece of crap when it's used across the world, holds plenty of reccords, and is so strong that it can take alot of abuse before going down. People wouldn't use it if it wasn't good :/

[peepeevagi]

@Vanyaaynav There's plenty of pictures and stories of Mi-26 crashes on google. Heck, Wikipedia lists 7 of the most noteworthy. And it's not as capable as the Ch-47, which is designed to be multirole. The Mi-26, first and foremost, is a heavy lift helo. It's not economical to use it for much more than that.

And american helicopters transfer themselves just fine. No helicopter is immune to accidents and mistakes, and thus even our awesome CH-47s and your giant Mi-26's crash sometimes.

[Vanyaaynav]

@peepeevagi I saw many accidents of the American helicopters of various types including CH-47.Mi-26 is reliable and simple... Also it is capable to perform various works. The American helicopters cannot transfer themselves ridiculously and it is the fact. If your intelligence is based only FUCK I am sorry for you.

[peepeevagi]

@Vanyaaynav You know, for all your faith in russian engineers, the Mi-26 has an ABYSMAL crash rate.

And you cant even compare it to the Chinook. They're two different classes of helicopter. The Mi-26 is nothing but a heavy lift helicopter. The CH-47 is more of a multirole type, capable in all areas. And it's faster :3

Oh, and as for all those "Ch-47 being carried by an Mi-26" stories, the Ch-47's took a serious beating to be brought down. More than an Mi-26 could ever withstand.

[peepeevagi]

@Vanyaaynav "and consequently even in Afghanistan the Russian technics transfers the American technics." I cant understand that bit of broken english :/

And as for googling those things, why should i? The Chinook holds numerous world reccords and has an absolutely outstanding service reccord. Heck, watch this. /watch?v=TmkEKbegTvE

That's a chinook lifting A WHOLE BRIDGE on it's own. Go ahead and insult the Chinook, it's reccord speaks for it's self.

[peepeevagi]

@Vanyaaynav Your friends dad lied :/. The Mil design bureau even describes it as a "Heavy lift helicopter capable of carrying large components". And there's simply no reason for using the Mi-12 for anything civilian, when smaller, much more economical helicopters could get the job done much faster. And the V22s problems aren't from it's engineers. You cant exactly "Fix" the V22's problems without making it bigger. It's not their fault the military wanted something impossible to make.

[Vanyaaynav]

@peepeevagi Copy these names and place in search:

Mi26 Helicopter towing a plane - Вертолеты России

Crippled US Army CH-47 delivered to Kandahar air-base by giant MI-26

Mil Mi-26 Halo Sling Loads CH-47