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General information
Type	Utility helicopter
Manufacturer	Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and other Soviet national plants, WSK PZL-Świdnik,
Primary user	Soviet Air Force
Number built	>2,594
History
Manufactured	1950–1965
Introduction date	1950
First flight	20 September 1948
Variants	PZL SM-2

The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one 575 hp (429 kW) Ivchenko AI-26V radial piston engine. It entered service in 1950 and was first seen on the 1951 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino and was produced for 16 years. More than 1,000 were built in the USSR and 1,594 in Poland, as SM-1.

Mikhail Mil began work on rotary-winged aircraft before 1930, but the Mi-1, his first production helicopter, was begun in 1946, under a designation EG-1. In 1947 Mil became a head of OKB-4 design bureau in Tushino, and works were intensified. A final design was named GM-1 (for Gyelikopter Mila, Mil's Helicopter). Soviet engineers tried to create a completely original design. So, they made a rotor hub with spaced vertical and horizontal hinges. This design increased the efficiency of helicopter control and was much simpler than that used on American helicopters. The prototype completed first free flight on 20 September 1948 (pilot Mikhail Baikalov)

Variants

Soviet Mil Mi-1M

GM-1

The original designation of the Mil Mi-1 prototypes, powered by a AI-26GR 500–550 hp (370–410 kW) radial engine (later AI-26GRF).

Mi-1

Three-seat light general-purpose helicopter, seating a pilot and two passengers, powered by a AI-26GRF 575 hp (429 kW) radial piston engine. Initial production model.

Mi-1T

SM-1W (Polish produced Mi-1M)

Three-seat general-purpose transport helicopter, seating a pilot and two passengers, powered by a AI-26V radial piston engine.

Mi-1KR (TKR)

Light reconnaissance and liaison helicopter of 1956, basing on Mi-1T.^[6]

Mi-1NKh

Three-seat general-purpose utility helicopter, basing on Mi-1T. Designed to be used as an agricultural aircraft, air ambulance, passenger transport, air mail, freight transport helicopter (NKh—narodnoye khozyastvo—National Economy).

Mi-1A

Three-seat general-purpose transport helicopter of 1957, seating a pilot and two passengers, with increased reliability.

Mi-1AKR

Light reconnaissance and liaison helicopter, basing on Mi-1A.^[7]

Mi-1U/TU/AU/MU

Dual-control training helicopter variants (respectively, of basic Mi-1, T, A and M models).

Mi-1M

Four-seat light general-purpose helicopter of 1957, seating a pilot and three passengers. Visible changes are: raised roof above a cabin, blunter nose shape, and horizontal bottom windows' line instead of slanted.

Mi-1M Moskvich

Civil transport helicopter for Aeroflot, with better cabin soundproofing, equipped with hydraulic controls and an all-metal rotor.

Mi-1MNKh

Four-seater Mi-1M

Four-seat general-purpose utility helicopter, basing on Mi-1M. Designed to be used as an agricultural aircraft, air ambulance, passenger transport, air mail, freight transport helicopter (NKh—narodnoye khozyastvo—National Economy).

Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare"

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 3 passengers
Length: 12.10 m (fuselage length), 17.00 m (overall length)
Height: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 1,760 kg
Max takeoff weight: 2,460 kg )
Fuel capacity: 240 L
Powerplant: 1 × Ivchenko AI-26V seven-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 429 kW (575 hp)

Specifications

Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn) at sea level
Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 5.30 m/s (1,043 ft/min)

Armament

- - - Sikorsky H-5
    - Bristol Sycamore

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"Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare"

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The new version announced by the Russian Ministry of Defence in 2018 eventually crystalized into the Ka-52M; 114 helicopters of this new version are to be acquired. Additionally, older Ka-52s are to be upgraded to Ka-52M standard. The contract for the first 30 Ka-52Ms was signed in August 2021. A new contract was signed in August 2022. Upgrades embodied in the Ka-52M include a modernized GOES-451M electro-optical targeting turret with an increased range, stronger undercarriage wheels, and improved cockpit ergonomics, with better adaptation to the use of night-vision goggles.

Mil Plant Mil Mi-1
"Type 32", "Hare"

The Ka-50 and its two-seat version Ka-52 are high-performance combat helicopters with day and night capability,

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For its own protection, Ka-50 is fitted with a radar warning receiver, electronic warfare system and chaff and flare dispensers.

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Mil Mi-1 type 32
NATO reporting name:
'Hare'

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Mil Mi-1 type 32 'Hare'

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Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare"