Mil V-16

V-16
Role	Heavy transport helicopter project
National origin	USSR
Manufacturer	Mil
Primary user	USSR

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The Mil V-16 was a Soviet heavy cargo/transport helicopter project of the late 1960s. The original scheme described a heavy side-by-side twin-rotor aircraft with two gas turbine engines below six-bladed rotors at the tips of heavily supported wings on each side of the fuselage and tricycle-type landing gear, with both rear landing wheels mounted below the wings while the front wheel was located below the cockpit area.

A sample of V-16 has been on show at the Le Bourget-Paris "Salon de l'Aviation" in June, 1971.

Variants

V-16: Proposed ultra-heavy version of the V-12, intended to lift 40,000 to 50,000 kg (88,000 to 110,000 lb). Originally envisaged in a three rotor layout, powered by six Soloviev D-25VF engines, but reverted to a two-rotor system similar to the V-12 powered by two large gas generators supplying a single large low pressure free-turbine driving a main gearbox each.^[1]
Mi-16: The proposed VVS designation for the production V-16.^[1]

References

1 2 Gordon, Yefim; Dimitriy and Sergey Komissarov (2005). Mil's heavylift helicopters : Mi-6, Mi-10, V-12 and Mi-26. Red Star. 22 (2nd ed.). Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-206-3.

Bibliography

Gordon, Yefim; Dimitriy and Sergey Komissarov (2005). Mil's heavylift helicopters : Mi-6, Mi-10, V-12 and Mi-26. Red Star. 22 (2nd ed.). Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-206-3.

Mil aircraft

Mi-1 Mi-2 Mi-3 Mi-4 V-5 Mi-6 V-7 Mi-8 Mi-9 Mi-10 V-12 Mi-14 V-16 Mi-17 Mi-18 Mi-19 Mi-20 Mi-22 Mi-24 Mi-25 Mi-26 Mi-27 Mi-28 Mi-30 Mi-32 Mi-34 Mi-35 Mi-36 Mi-38 Mi-40 Mi-42 Mi-44 Mi-46 Mi-52 Mi-54 Mi-58 Mi-60 Mi-PSV

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