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Bell 412EP · including rotors
Single source56 ft 1 in (17.09 m) including rotors[source]
Mi-8MT · Length
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| Specification | Bell 412 | Mil Mi-8 |
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| 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] |
| Primary users | Japan Ground Self Defence Force See Operators for others[source] | — |
18.4 m (60 ft 4 in)[source]
Bell 412EP · 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (
Single source1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D Twin-Pac or PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac coupled turboshaft engine - each, 1,250 shp (930 kW)[source]
Mi-8MT · 2 × Klimov TV3-117MT turboshaft engines each
Single source2 × Klimov TV3-117MT turboshaft engines, 1,454 kW (1,950 hp) each[source]
Bell 412EP · 1,350 ft/min (
Single source1,350 ft/min (6.9 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Number built | 1,300+[source] | >17,000 and production continues today; world's most-produced helicopter[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1979–present[source] | 1961–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1981 ( 1981 )[source] | 1967[source] |
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| First flight | August 1979 ( 1979-08 )[source] | 7 July 1961[source] |
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| Developed from | Bell 212[source] | — |
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| Variant | Bell CH-146 Griffon[source] | Mil Mi-8M/Mi-17[source] |
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| Capacity | up to 13 passengers, maximum external load of almost 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)[source] | 24 passengers or 12 stretchers and seat for one medical attendant or 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) on internal/external hardpoints[source] |
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| Fuselage length | 43 ft (13 m)[source] | — |
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| Blade sections | root: Boeing VR-7; tip: Wortmann FX 71-H-080[source] | — |
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| Main rotor area | 1,662 sq ft (154.4 m 2 )[source] | 356 m 2 (3,830 sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | 0.2663 hp/lb (0.4378 kW/kg)[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant[source] |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Soviet Union (historical) Russia Approx. 80 other countries, see Operators below[source] |
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| Developed into | — | Mil Mi-14 Mil Mi-24[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 3,700 L (980 US gal; 810 imp gal)[source] |
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| Blade section | — | NACA 23012[source] |
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| 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] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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Maximum take-off; Mi-8MT · Max takeoff weight
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