▼ Sputnik capsule in suspension
Carrying tlto re-entry capsule from a returned Sputnik mission, this Mi-4 demonstrates its lifting capacity of around 1297 kg (2.860 lb.). Internally, t. 736 kg (3,828 lb.) can be carried in the transport role.
A Clamshell doors
The rear clamshell doors, designed to oaso loading of bulky items, could easily bo removed, making troop oxits quicker during an airborne assault.
Spatted wheels ►
This МІ-4Р in Aeroflot service shows the spatted wheels with which these aircraft wore originally equipped.
FACTS AND FIGURES
► At loost one 2-5 was re-engined with а Pratt & Whitney РТбТ-в Turbo Twln-Pac turboshaft onginc and flew in 1979.
► MI-4M was a tactical variant with a gun turret and air-to-surface rockets.
The MI-4 prototypo used alcohol do-iclng for the windscreens and rotor blades.
>• Aftor ground runs, the first flight of the prototype was delayed bocause of mam rotor blade flutter probloms.
► Most current users of tho MI-4 are small Middle Eastern and Asian countries.
>■ Harbin built 545 of their Z-5 variant in China, beginning in 1959.
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МІ-4А ‘Hound’
Type: Military transport helicopter
Powerplant: One 1268kW(l 700-hp t Shvetsov ASh-82V radial piston engine
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Above: The principal military role for the Mi-4 in the Soviet armed forces was initially as troop transport. This is an МІ-4Т.
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Above: For high altitudes, as here in a mountainous part of the USSR, a two-speed supercharged vanant was built.
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