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Measured figures
F28F · Length
Single source29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)[source]
excluding rotors
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Enstrom F-28 | Mil Mi-28 |
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| Type | Light helicopter[source] | Attack helicopter[source] |
| Manufacturer | Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[source] | Mil[source] |
| Manufactured | 1965-present[source] | 1982–present[source] |
| Introduction date | 1965[source] | 15 October 2009 (Mi-28N)[source] |
17.01 m (55 ft 10 in) excluding rotors[source]
stub wings
Single source4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) stub wings[source]
10-minute loiter with 5% reserve
Single source200 km (120 mi, 110 nmi) 10-minute loiter with 5% reserve[source]
F28F · 1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine
Single source1 × Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine, 225 hp (168 kW)[source]
2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines each
Single source2 × Klimov VK-2500 turboshaft engines, 1,636 kW (2,194 hp) each[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Variants | Enstrom TH180 Spitfire Mark I[source] | — |
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| Developed into | Enstrom 480[source] | — |
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| Capacity | two passengers[source] | — |
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| Main rotor area | 804 sq ft (74.7 m 2 ) NACA 0013.5[source] | 232.35 m 2 (2,501.0 sq ft)[source] |
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| Country of origin | Vereinigte Staaten[source]Country of design · Entwurfsland | — |
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| National origin | — | Soviet Union Russia[source] |
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| Designer | — | Marat Tishchenko[source] |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary users | — | Russian Air Force Algerian Air Force Iraqi Army Aviation Command Uganda Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | — | 190+ as of May 2025[source] |
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| First flight | — | 10 November 1982[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,337 kg (2,948 lb) / 1,720 L (450 US gal; 380 imp gal) internal fuel + up to 445 kg (981 lb) / 571 L (151 US gal; 126 imp gal) in 4x drop tanks[source] |
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| Guns | — | 1× chin-mounted 30 mm Shipunov 2A42 cannon with 250 rounds (±110° horizontal fire)[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | Two pylons under each stub wing to mount bombs, rockets, missiles, and gun pods. Main armament configurations include: 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles and 40 S-8 rockets , or 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and 10 S-13 rocket , or 16 Ataka-V anti-tank missiles, and two 23 mm UPK-23-250 gun pods each containing a GSh-23L with 250 rounds. Other ordnance: 9K121 Vikhr , and 9M123 Khrizantema anti-tank missiles ( 9M123VM variant for any Mi-28 variant have fire-control radar , with bonus of millimeter-wave radar ACLOS missile guidance), LMUR , 8 Igla-V and Vympel R-73 air-to-air missiles, 2 KMGU-2 mine dispensers, and a variant of 9K333 Verba air-to-air missile[source] |
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| Hover ceiling OGE | — | 3,600 m (11,811 ft)[source] |
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| g limits | — | + 3 - 0.5[source] |
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| Disk loading | — | 49.5 kg/m 2 (10.1 lb/sq ft) max[source] |
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| Power/mass | — | 0.31 kW/kg (0.19 hp/lb)[source] |
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Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight
270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn) max[source]