Mil Mi8

[italyhelicopter]

Hello everybody,


I'm looking for a Mil Mi8 for a civilan job, in Marocco.

Hi altitude (12.000 to 15.000. Ft HOGE) experiment for airspace sensors.

Can anyone help me on this?

Thank you

Sergio

[Modtro]

Hi Sergio, can't help on where you could find one. But can only comment on the hover limitation for the Mi-8/17 being 3980m as from the RFM with normal takeoff weight (11.100kg), ISA, Dust protection OFF.

Cheers.

[ARRAKIS]

A lot will depend on the engines.

Arrakis

[9Aplus]

Sergio pls check your PM
9A+

[chevvron]

Try googling 'Aces High'.

[italyhelicopter]

I don't know the Mil Mi8 performance, but the test the helicopter
will have to do, at that altitude 12000-15000ft, will be with almost no load.
Only four people on board and about 400kg of equipment, with 90 min of fuel.

Thank you again
Cheers

[9Aplus]

15.000 ft possible, speed limited around 110 km/h if I remind numbers right.
APU must be replaced in case of significant energy demand, with suitable one.
AI-9 can not wok during the flight, any way, replacement can and work up
to 6000 m

[Vertical Freedom]

High altitude 12,000 'to 15,000' that's hardly high altitude, :ugh: try over 23,000' now that's seriously high altitude :ok:

Why would You want to HOGE there out in space? :uhoh:

[italyhelicopter]

Yeah!, you right 12000-15000ft is Not a REALLY high Alt .

But consider that you have to stay in still in HOGE (or very little speed) for about 20 minutes at the time.

They have to drop a special device with a long rope (like a hoist ops.) with a special winch, that's why a Mil Mi8, because has a nice Hole opening inside the fuselage.

They have to do that in Marocco cause' the terrain looks like Mars.

But it seems difficult to find a civilian Mil closeby, a of lot of those in Russia, CZ, Bulgaria but not Marocco.