Mil V-12 Heavy-Lift Prototype Helicopter Family
The Mil Mi-12, also designated V-12, was a canceled Soviet heavy-lift prototype helicopter family and the largest helicopter ever flown. It used an unusual transverse rotor arrangement for extreme cargo lift; NASA and aviation-history records document its heavy-lift prototype and world payload-record boundary, while exact Mil and D-25VF propulsion nodes are not canonical here.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mil V-12V-12Mi-12Homer
- Family Name
- Mil Mi-12
- Full Name
- Mil V-12 Heavy-Lift Prototype Helicopter Family
- Roles
- cargoutilityexperimentalresearch
- Status
- canceled
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- rotorcraft
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Mil Mi-12, also designated V-12, was a canceled Soviet heavy-lift prototype helicopter family and the largest helicopter ever flown. It used an unusual transverse rotor arrangement for extreme cargo lift; NASA and aviation-history records document its heavy-lift prototype and world payload-record boundary, while exact Mil and D-25VF propulsion nodes are not canonical here.
- First Flight Year
- 1,968
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- Creation Time
- August 16, 2026 at 00:08:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 16, 2026 at 00:08:07 UTC