Thanks. I`ve never actually seen a Chinese Mi-6, I just read about it. Any photos?

One Mi-10 is operated by UTAir. There might be some Mi-6s flying for the Chinese.

Of course it`s not dangerous. Otherwise it wouldn`t be cleared for flight operations. I`m saying that a pilot must be aware of the fact that above he has 2 rotors that might strike each other if he pushes it too much.
Like Data (Star Trek) said: I`ll never understand the need for humans to drive at unsafe velocities.

Nice book you got there. I`ll be sure to purchase it when I`ll see it.

I was thinking at NoE limitations. You have to be pretty aware of the helicopter limitations not to make the blades cross paths. I don`t think any freshman from flight academy will ever set foot in the Ka-50.

Not at all, the words are finnish, tough none never uses such a long words, but it’s possiple in the limits of our grammar…

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So, what does it mean? So I can impress my girlfriend 😀

I read somewhere, I don`t think I was dreaming, that the Russians gave the green light for mass production (around 24 helicopters I think) of the Ka-50/52 in paralel with Mi-28. Sorry, I have no source to back my words.

I heard many times that coaxial rotor helicopters are lazyer in pedal turn than the clasic rotor counterpart.

Tha Ka-52 has been employed along side the Mi-24 over Chechya, however some of the conclusions they got is basicly the ka-50 is a quit complex machine, it has better agility than the Mi-28 to say the least, but it is far more complex and quit expensive, further more the coaxial blades arrangement despite it allows the Ka-50 to spin up to 180 degrees and keep its forward flight path, has the unconvinience of more vulnerability and has cause crashes in the past.
When it was operated in Chechya the Ka-29 served as target designators for the Ka-50

Ka-50 in Chechnya yes (two helicopters), Ka-52 I doubt it. I don`t think Ka-50 has better agility than Mi-28. Other than changing the direction it looks and keep going in other direction at 100km/h the Ka-50 can`t do anything better than Mi-28. Because of its rotor system, the Ka-50, has quite a few limitations when maneuvring at high speeds. The advantage of the Ka-50 is that it can operate in high wind conditions (proven by its predecesors) and that it uses all available power for lift.

Yet effective. One blow to the external fuel tanks…and puff…it is going down. Thos are sad pictures, MLD.

Besides the external shape, what are the differences between Mi-24 and Mi-17 in terms of the systems onboard (hydraulics, electrics, gear box, autopilot, etc)?