Bell 206 vs Mil Mi-8: Specs Compared

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Bell 206 — licensed reference photograph

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Bell 206

Multipurpose utility helicopter

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Mfield - Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com · CC BY 2.5 · Resized · CC BY 2.5 · Source ↗ · Modified

Mil Mi-8 — licensed reference photograph

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Mil Mi-8

Transport helicopter (also several armed versions)

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Igor Dvurekov · CC BY 3.0 · Resized · CC BY 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Bell 206206B Jetranger II · including rotors

11.824 m

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Mil Mi-8Mi-8MT · Length

18.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 93 rows sourced on both sides

11.82m206B Jetranger II · including rotors

18.4mMi-8MT · Length

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

11.824 m

206B Jetranger II · including rotors

Single source

38 ft 9.5 in (11.824 m) including rotors^[source]

18.4 m

Mi-8MT · Length

Configuration

Details

Bell 206 and Mil Mi-8 configuration
Specification	Bell 206	Mil Mi-8
Type	Multipurpose utility helicopter^[source]	Transport helicopter (also several armed versions)^[source]
National origin	United States / Canada^[source]	Soviet Union / Russia^[source]
Manufacturer	Bell Helicopter^[source]	Kazan Helicopter Plant Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant^[source]
Status	In service^[source]	In service

Number built	7,300^[source]	>17,000 and production continues today; world's most-produced helicopter^[source]

Manufactured	1962–2017^[source]	1961–present^[source]

Introduction date	1967^[source]	1967^[source]

First flight	December 8, 1962 (206) January 10, 1966 (206A)^[source]	7 July 1961^[source]

Developed from	Bell YOH-4^[source]	—

Variants	Bell OH-58 Kiowa Bell 407^[source]	—

Developed into	Bell 400 TwinRanger^[source]	Mil Mi-14 Mil Mi-24^[source]

Capacity	4 passengers^[source]	24 passengers or 12 stretchers and seat for one medical attendant or 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) on internal/external hardpoints^[source]

Fuselage length	31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)^[source]	—

Interior dimensions	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) length, by 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) width, by 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) height, plus 16 ft 3 (453 L) baggage compartment^[source]	—

Main rotor area	873 sq ft (81.1 m 2 )^[source]	356 m 2 (3,830 sq ft)^[source]

Blade section	– NACA 0012 mod (11.3%)^[source]	NACA 23012^[source]

Maximum speed at 5,000 ft	116 kn (133 mph; 215 km/h) at MTOW^[source]	—

Disk loading	4 lb/sq ft (20 kg/m 2 )^[source]	—

Power/mass	0.09 hp/lb (0.15 kW/kg)^[source]	—

Designer	—	Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant^[source]

Primary user	—	Soviet Union (historical) Russia Approx. 80 other countries, see Operators below^[source]

Variant	—	Mil Mi-8M/Mi-17^[source]

Fuel capacity	—	3,700 L (980 US gal; 810 imp gal)^[source]

Hardpoints	—	4,000 kg (8,818 lb) of disposable stores on six hardpoints , including 57 mm S-5 rockets , bombs, or 9M17 Phalanga ATGMs and one or two side-mounted PK machine guns^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Afghanistan Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Angola Reported operator · Argentina Reported operator · Armenia Reported operator · Azerbaijan Reported operator · Belarus Reported operator · Bhutan Reported operator · Bosnia and Herzegovina Reported operator · Bulgaria Reported operator · Burkina Faso Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Canada Reported operator · China Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Congo-Brazzaville Reported operator · Congo-Kinshasa Reported operator · Cuba Reported operator · Czech Republic Reported operator · Djibouti Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Eritrea Reported operator · Ethiopia Reported operator · Georgia Reported operator · Guinea Reported operator · Guinea-Bissau Reported operator · Hungary Reported operator · India Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Iraq Reported operator · Kazakhstan Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan Reported operator · Laos Reported operator · Libya Reported operator · Lithuania Reported operator · Maldives Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Mali Reported operator · Moldova Reported operator · Mongolia Reported operator · Mozambique Reported operator · Nepal Reported operator · North Korea Reported operator · Peru Reported operator · Poland Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Serbia Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Transnistria Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Turkmenistan Reported operator · Tajikistan Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United States of America Reported operator · Uzbekistan Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Houthi movement