Mil Mi-60 MAI

The Mi-60 MAI was a conventional design for a light helicopter, with a pod-and-boom fuselage, a three-bladed main rotor, two-bladed tail rotor, and a skid undercarriage with rear wheels on each skid. The pilot and a single passenger were to sit side-by-side in an extensively-glazed, enclosed cabin with dual controls.

At different stages of development, a variety of powerplants were proposed, including:

• one {{convert |120 |kW |hp |adj=on }} Lycoming O-320-B2C piston engine
• one {{convert |150 |kW |hp |adj=on }} Aviadvigatel D-150 wankel engine
• one {{convert |145 |kW |hp |adj=on }} Textron Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD piston engine
• one {{convert |177 |kW |hp |adj=on }} VAZ-426 wankel engine
• two {{convert |84.6 |kW |hp |adj=on }} Rotax 914F piston engines.
• two {{convert |103 |kW |hp |adj=on }} LOM M332A piston engines

These were to be located inside the fuselage, behind the cabin, with power transmitted to the rotor through V-belts. In the twin-engine versions, the engines were to be located side-by-side. One criterion for engine selection was favouring engines that could run on automotive-grade petrol. This would allow the aircraft to operate in regions with less well-developed infrastructure.MAI+Mil new ultralight, p.17 The twin-engine variants were expected to be able to continue to fly on only one engine.

Construction was to make extensive use of composite materials.

Initial funding for the project came from the Russian Ministry of Education. Development started in 1993 and technical work was finished the following year. In 1997, the Russian Army became a sponsor, hoping to use the Mi-60 MAI as a helicopter trainer.

Construction of a mockup commenced at the Kazan helicopter factory in 2000. It was displayed the following year at the MAKS air show, and production was planned to start the same year. Production would have taken place at the Rostvertol factory in Rostov-on-Don As of 1998, an estimated $30 million was still required to put the aircraft into production.

Development work on the program ended in 2001, although it was still included in the Russian federal aviation plan for 2002–10. As of 2013, no examples had been constructed.

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{{reflist}}

• {{cite magazine |title=МАИ+Миль новый сверхлегкий |trans-title=MAI+Mil new ultralight |magazine=Вертолёт |issue=2 |year=1998 |location=Kazan |publisher=Omega Research Centre |pages=16–19 }}
• {{cite book |last= Mikheev |first= Vadim Rostislavovich |title=МВЗ им. М. Л. Миля 50 лет |trans-title=The Moscow Helicopter Plant named for M. L. Mil turns 50 |year=1998 |publisher=Lyubimaya |location=Moscow }}
• {{cite book |last= Mikheev |first= Vadim Rostislavovich |title=МВЗ имени М. Л. Миля |trans-title=The Moscow Helicopter Plant named for M. L. Mil |year=2007 |publisher=Polygon |location=Moscow }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Nikolskiy |first=Mikhail |title=Первый российский авиасалон XXI бека |trans-title=The First Russian Air Show of the 21st Century |magazine=Авиация и космонавтика |issue=9 |year=2001 |location=Moscow |publisher=Techinform |pages=1–10 }}
• {{cite book |last1= Gordon |first1= Yefim |last2=Komissarov |first2=Sergey |title=Unflown Wings: Soviet and Russian Unrealised Aircraft Projects 1925-2010 |year=2013 |publisher=Créey Publishing |location=Manchester }}
• {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2007-08 |editor1-last=Jackson |editor1-first=Paul |year=2007 |publisher=Jane's Publishing Group |location=London |edition=98th}}

• [https://kaf102.mai.ru/mi60MAI.htm Moscow Aviation Institute description of the project]
• [https://mai.ru/press/news/detail.php?ID=8902 Moscow Aviation Institute press release about international recognition of the design]

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