How to start 50 year old Russian/Polish "Hoplite" helicopter ? - 1965

How to start 50 year old Russian helicopter ? - 1965 - The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name Hoplite) is a small, lightly armored turbine-powered transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon.



The Mi-2 was produced exclusively in Poland, in the WSK "PZL-Świdnik" factory in Świdnik.



The first production helicopter in the Soviet Union was the Mil Mi-1, modelled along the lines of the S-51 and Bristol Sycamore and flown by Mikhail Mil's bureau in September 1948. During the 1950s it became evident, and confirmed by American and French development, that helicopters could be greatly improved with turbine engines. S. P. Isotov developed the GTD-350 engine and Mil used two of these in the far superior Mi-2.



The twin shaft-turbine engines used in the Mi-2 develop 40% more power than the Mi-1's piston engines, for barely half the engine weight, with the result that the payload was more than doubled. The Mi-2 fuselage was extensively altered from its predecessor, with the engines mounted overhead. However, the external dimensions remained similar.



After initial development at the Mil bureau (Soviet designation V-2) the project was transferred to Poland in 1964, after the first Świdnik-built example had flown (making this the only Soviet-designed helicopter to be built solely outside the Soviet Union). PZL-Świdnik produced a total of 5,497 units, about a third for military users. The factory also developed fiberglass rotor blades, and developed the wide-body Mi-2M seating 10 passengers instead of eight. Most typical kits include four stretchers for air ambulance usage, or aerospraying or cropdusting applications.



In Poland, there were also developed several specialized military variants for support or reconnaissance roles, with 23 mm autocannon, machine guns and/or two 57 mm rocket pods, four 9K11 Malyutka anti-tank missiles or Strela-2 AA missiles.



The Mi-2 was first introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1965. The Mi-2 is used by mainly former Soviet and Eastern Bloc countries, although it was also purchased by Mexico and Myanmar armed forces.



Most of the armed Mi-2 variants were used by Poland. Some were also used by the former East Germany (with machine gun and unguided rocket armament only).



North Korea still maintains a large active fleet of Mi-2s.

 Algeria

Algerian Air Force[4]

 Armenia

Armenian Air Force[4]

 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Air Force[4]

 Belarus

Belarusian Air Force[5]

 Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force[6][7]

 Cuba

Cuban Air Force[8]

 Czech Republic

Czech Air Force[4]

 Djibouti

Djibouti Air Force[9]

 Estonia

Estonian Air Force[10]

 East Germany

East German Air Force[11][12]

 Germany

German State Police[13][14]

 Hungary

Hungarian Air Force [15]

Hungarian Police[16][17]

 Indonesia

Indonesian Navy[18]

Indonesian Police[19]

 India

Indian Navy[20]

 Latvia

Latvian Air Force[4]

 Libya

Libyan Air Force[4][21]

 Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force[22][23]

 Mexico

Mexican Navy[24]

 Mongolia

Mongolian Air Force[25]

 Burma

Myanmar Air Force[4]

 Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Air Force[4]

 North Korea

North Korean Air Force[4]

 Poland

Polish Air Force[4]

Polish Army[4]

Polish Border Guard[26]

Polish Navy[4]

 Peru

Peruvian Army[4]

 Russia

Russian Army[27]

 Slovakia

Slovak Air Force[4]

 Syria

Syrian Air Force[4]

 Ukraine

Ukrainian Air Force[28]

 United States

United States Army[29]

University of Iowa[30]

 Soviet Union

Aeroflot[31][32]

Soviet Air Force[27]

Soviet Army Aviation[27]



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