Other
Helicopters

How to Order

Refund Policy

Contact Us

Scale 1:42  Length (without rotors)18"  Rotor 16.5"

Photography by Action Asia Photo
© 2002-8 Action Asia Photo - All Rights Reserved
www.actionasiaphoto.com

The Hind is a twin-turbine gunship helicopter with accommodation for eight armed troops. It shows a typical helicopter gunship configuration with stepped tandem seating for two crew and a heavy weapon load on stub wings. Development began in the mid-60s as a fire support helicopter in the former USSR. Twelve prototypes were built with the first flight in September 1969. A reconfiguration of the front fuselage changed the primary role to gunship.

The Mi-24A, Mi-24B and Mi-24C versions had the pilot and co-pilot/gunner sitting in tandem under a large area, continuous glazing flight deck. About 250 were built, including Mi-24U unarmed dual-control trainers.

The Mi-24D was a interim gunship version on which design began in 1971 and it entered production two years later. It was basically a late model Hind-A with TV3-117 engines and port-side tail rotor, but the entire front fuselage was re-designed above the floor forward of the engine air intakes to give separate armored cockpits for the weapon operator and pilot sitting in tandem. It had an an under-nose12.7 mm machine gun in a turret, and the nose wheel was semi-exposed when retracted.

The Mi-24V (or Hind E) is a modified Mi-24D with wingtip launchers and 4 underwing pylons. Its weapons include 8 radio guided tube-launched anti-tank missiles in pairs and Aphid air-to-air missiles on underwing pylons. A pilot's HUD replaced the former reflector gun sight.

The Mi-24P is designated P for puska or cannon. Development started in 1974 with about 620 built in 1981 to 1990. It is similar to the Mi-24V but the nose gun turret was replaced by a twin-barrel 30mm gun (with 750 rounds) placed in a pod on the starboard side of the nose. Windscreens of bulletproof material and armored seats protect the crew while the titanium main rotor blades and rotor head can withstand 20mm cannon shells. Advanced electronics include under-the-nose sensor packs (one for each optronic weapon) and warning systems.

The Hind has been exported to numerous countries including Afghanistan, Cuba and India.  Also, many special operation versions of the Hind exist including a soil sampling chopper that was used after the Chernobyl disaster.

The Hind has now been further upgraded to the Mi-35M which is a night-capable version designed to meet the latest air mobility requirements of the Russian Army. It is equipped with more powerful (2,194 hp) engines, new avionics, composite rotor blades, shortened stub-wings and non-retractable landing gear. A new titanium main rotor head has reduced empty weight resulting in more payload. The 23mm twin-barrel gun sits in a nose turret and the helicopter can be armed with 16 radio-guided Spiral or laser-guided anti-tank rockets or a variety of other stores. The Night Operation Capable Avionics System (NOCAS) integrates a FLIR ball with a TMM-1410 display providing night vision for target acquisition and identification, missile guidance and gun aiming. It has the option to be armed with Igla V air-to-air missiles.

Specs:        Mi-24D/P
Crew:         Pilot in rear, co-pilot/gunner in front
Length:      70 ft (with rotors turning)
Rotor:        56.75 ft diameter
Wingspan:  21.5 ft
Engines:    2 Klimov turbo-shafts, each 1,923hp protected by 5mm of hardened steel armor
Speed:        208 mph
Ceiling:      14,765 ft
Climb:         2,461 ft/min
Range:        100 miles combat radius
Armament: 1 remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine gun w/1470 rounds; 4 anti-tank missiles on twin rails at wingtips; and 4underwing pylons for rockets; or up to  3,300 lbs of conventional bombs, mine dispensers, night flares or other.

Related Links
Links are welcome, please send to ed@allwoodwings.com