Published on October 9, 2017
The Mi-2, NATO code name ‘Hoplite’, was developed in the early 1960’s by the Mil bureau as a turbine-powered version of the Mi-1 Hare. The recently development of the shaft-turbine engine revolutionized the design of the helicopter. The twin turbines develop 40% more power than the Mi-1’s piston engine for barely half the dry weight, more than doubling the payload.
The fuselage of the Mi-2 greatly differs from that of the Mi-1, carrying the engines above the cabin but the overall dimensions of the two models remain closely similar.
