Kazan Helicopter Plant (photo report). Open Joint Stock Company "Kazan Helicopter Plant Kazan Helicopter Plant

Year of foundation: 1940

Industry: mechanical engineering

Manufactured products: helicopters of the Mi-8/17, Ansat series; spare parts, ground maintenance equipment

Services offered: Post-warranty maintenance of helicopters; training; courses for technicians and pilots

Revenue: 21,430,000 thousand rubles. (2018) *

General manager: Pustovgarov Yuri Leonidovich

Number of employees: 6 274 (2016)*

PJSC "Kazan Helicopter Plant" (KVZ)- a Russian aircraft building company, part of the holding of Russian Helicopters. Kazan Helicopters is one of the world's largest manufacturers of mid-range helicopters.

The company specializes in the production of helicopters of the Mi-8 / Mi-17 family in various modifications - transport, passenger, VIP, rescue, military transport, hospital, etc.

Kazan Helicopters carries out a full cycle of helicopter technology development, from development and serial production to after-sales support, personnel training and repairs. Manufacturing quality system certified in accordance with ISO standards 9001, guarantees proper control of manufactured and repaired equipment.

Helicopters Russian production made in Kazan, in total have flown more than 50 million flight hours around the world. Over the entire history of the plant's existence, more than 12 thousand helicopters have been produced.

Main products:

• helicopter Mi-8, Mi-8MTV;
• medium multipurpose helicopter Mi-17, Mi-172;
• light multipurpose helicopter Ansat (in various modifications);
• spare parts for helicopters.

Kazan Helicopter Plant closely cooperates with the Moscow Helicopter Plant named after M.L. A mile in the modernization of Mi helicopters. A promising direction of the enterprise's work is the development of serial production of a new transport and passenger helicopter Mi-38.

Services:

• post-warranty service of delivered helicopters;
• training of flight and ground personnel;
• theoretical and practical courses for technicians and pilots.

MAIN SHAREHOLDERS *

as of June 28, 2017

99,65% - JSC "Russian Helicopters"
"Golden share" with an unlimited right from the Ministry of Land and property relations RT

MANAGEMENT

Managing organization LLC "Russian Helicopters"
Managing director -
Chairman of the Board of Directors

We visited the Kazan Helicopter Plant, which is part of the Russian Helicopters holding, as bloggers who had never been there before. We were shown the mechanical assembly shop, the final assembly shop, some of the territory of the plant itself, and even a test flight of the Mi-8.

But first things first.

The history of the Kazan Helicopter Plant dates back to 1933, when a wood processing plant was founded on the banks of the Volga in Kazan. And the plant itself has been counting its history since September 4, 1940, when by order of the People's Commissariat of the Aviation Industry, the Leningrad Aviation Plant No. 387 was created, which was later evacuated to Kazan and merged with the Plant of Transport Parts No. 169. The aviation fate of the enterprise was determined in 1940, it is from this date that the history of the present OJSC Kazansky helicopter plant". In 1941, light biplanes became the first aircraft produced by the plant.

The number of Po-2s produced during the war years exceeded 10,000 (to be more precise, 11334) aircraft, which amounted to 10% of all aircraft produced in the Soviet Union during the war years.
In 1951, the serial production of the Mi-1 helicopter, designed by M.L. Mil, began. The Mi-1 was replaced by the Mi-4.

In 1956, the Kazan Helicopter Plant began supplying helicopters for export.

In 1965, the production of the Mi-8 helicopter began. This marked a turning point in the history of the plant. The modern Mi-17 helicopter and its modifications are the result of the vast experience accumulated during the production and operation of the Mi-8 helicopters.

Kazan Helicopter Production Association in 1993 was transformed into joint-stock company Kazan Helicopter Plant, and in 1996 it became open - JSC "Kazan Helicopter Plant"

In the same year, a design bureau was created for lung development multipurpose Ansat.

Today, Kazan Helicopters remains the world's largest manufacturer of mid-range helicopters.

Markets traditional for the Russian helicopter industry: Russia, the CIS countries, the states of Southeast Asia, Africa, Central and South America. At present, Kazan Helicopters supplies equipment to about 90 countries of the world (the products of the Russian Helicopters holding are generally represented in more than 110 countries of the world).

It is planned to reach the level of over 100 machines per year with an almost unchanged composition of the working team - about 7 thousand people with an average age of 36 years (in the shops of mechanical production; the average age at the plant today is 43.2 years). And this was achieved due to the reorganization of production, which began in the early 2000s with the repair of workshops.

An equally important stage in the reorganization of the enterprise followed with the purchase of new equipment for the machining production. We bought foreign-made machine tools, in connection with which labor intensity fell, and labor productivity increased 4 times.

Frames are now processed on four three- and five-coordinate machines, which have replaced 24 old ones (three lines of 8 machines each). Unfortunately, Russia does not yet produce machines of this level. The photo shows the processed stamping before coating.

Finished frames go for further assembly.

The part for the swashplate for "Ansat" used to be produced in 18 hours, and now it is 12. Because of the processing on several machines, the scrap was a large percentage. Now the entire turning part, milling, drilling is carried out within one cycle. And this happens with many details.

One of the photos shows an annular frame that goes to the tail boom on a serial helicopter.

Vibration damper hub. Not every client orders it. Previously, the manufacture of this hub took 136 hours, now 18 - the time has been reduced by almost eight times!

The office of the chief technologist is located right there in the shop behind a glass partition and you don't need to wait for a long time, as before, for a specialist until he arrives from another building.

There are 2 Mazak lines in the milling shop. One (4 machines) processes light alloys (duralumin), the other (3 machines) only steel. Each machine has its own magazine for 120 tools, and on the "steel" line there is also a store center for 240 units. The replacement of the tool on the "steel" line is formed automatically - this is provided by the software.

Let's say the cutter has run out of resource, computer program signals the end of the assigned resource, the running carriage picks up the cutter from the machine, makes an exchange and further processing of the part is in progress. And the operator picks up his used cutter. The tool goes for regrinding, its characteristics change and it goes to another production. All instruments with chips on which the life history of the part is recorded.

During the restructuring, this workshop has more than tripled its capacity. If earlier they did 6 thousand standard hours, now the plan is approaching 21 thousand, and from January 2014 it will be even more.

1 Previously, every day a loaded dump truck of duralumin shavings left here, now there are 4 times more waste, but the shavings are turning into briquettes convenient for transportation, which, after being melted down, go to other types of industry.
Every 28 seconds a duralumin briquette falls out of the press. Steel every 32 seconds. The cost of briquettes on the market is 4-5 times more than just shavings. The rammer cannot make twisted shavings into briquettes, so it gets into the "meat grinder" and after crushing it also takes up less space.

Cleanliness is the key to economic growth in production.

We move to the assembly shop.

From the beginning of assembly to the first flight, the helicopter is here on average one month, including the painting production.

OJSC Kazan Helicopter Plant, part of the Russian Helicopters holding, produces a family of Mi-8/17 helicopters, which are operated in more than 100 countries around the world.

A wide range of modifications of these helicopters is produced: transport, passenger, rescue, airborne transport and many others.

Since 1997 JSC "Kazan Helicopters" has been certified as a developer of helicopter technology: today the light twin-engine Ansat helicopter is in serial production.

Russian Helicopters holding is one of the world leaders in the helicopter industry, the only developer and manufacturer of helicopters in Russia, one of the few companies in the world with the capabilities of design, production, testing and Maintenance modern civil and military helicopters.

As of 2013, Russian Helicopters produced 35% of the world fleet of combat helicopters, 17% of the world fleet of super-heavy helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of over 20 tons, as well as 56% of the world fleet of medium-heavy helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of 8 to 15 tons.

Modifications of the Mi-8/17 helicopters produced in Kazan are a new generation of equipment.

Unique flight performance, the most modern avionics and special equipment manufactured by Russian and Western companies allow you to fly at high altitudes, in difficult weather conditions, at any time of the day, in automatic mode.

The multipurpose helicopter is capable of performing a wide range of missions: transportation of goods, passengers, firefighting, search and rescue, and evacuation of the wounded.

In a short period of time, the Mi-8/17 can be converted from a transport vehicle to a fire-fighting, search-and-rescue or ambulance. The options are "salon", "flying hospital" and others.

High level of safety, reliability, simplicity and low cost of operation and maintenance make the Mi-8/17 one of the best-selling helicopters in its class.

There are two types of blades - metal and composite. The composite has a higher resource and less weight, but at the same time it requires more expensive maintenance when replacing or repairing.

Black box in the tail boom.

Medium transport and passenger helicopter Mi-38.

This new generation helicopter is capable of providing a new level of comfort and safety when flying passenger transportation and special works in category A (FAR-29). In its basic configuration, the Mi-38 can carry 30 passengers.

Today the Mi-38 project has entered a new stage.

Third flight prototype is being tested at the flight test base of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (part of Russian Helicopters). This prototype is equipped with two TV7-117V turboshaft engines developed by OJSC Klimov.

The first prototype of the Mi-38 OP-1 made its first flight (hovering) on ​​December 22, 2003, and the second prototype of the Mi-38 OP-2, on December 24, 2010. Both of these helicopters were powered by one set of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 / 5 turboshaft engines. The first Mi-38 OP-1 helicopter, after removing the PW127 / 5 engines from it, was converted in 2011 into a prototype of the Mi-38-2 variant with the installation of TV7-117V engines.

JSC "Kazan Helicopter Plant" has started assembling the fourth flight prototype. The helicopter of the standard design OP-4 will differ from the prototype OP-3 by the shock-resistant fuel system of the "Aerazur" company and enlarged window openings.

In addition to the production of flight prototypes in 2013, as part of the development work for the Mi-38 helicopter, the process of manufacturing the fuselage and a set of individual units for fatigue testing, as well as components and assemblies for bench tests, is underway. OP-4 is the last prototype of the helicopter before the start of serial production, scheduled for 2015.

"Ansat" in Tatar means "convenient", "light".

In 1993, a design bureau was created at Kazan Helicopter Plant, the purpose of which was to develop a helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 3.3 tons, which must meet the aviation requirements of FAR-29.

In February 1997, Kazan Helicopters received a certificate from the IAC Aviation Register, which allows the development of these helicopters. The first flight of the Ansat light multipurpose helicopter was carried out in 1999 by test pilot V.M. Russetsky.

Flight performance

• transportation of goods and passengers to remote and hard-to-reach settlements
• use as an air taxi in the city and between settlements
• delivery of workers' watches to offshore drilling rigs
• use of a helicopter for corporate transport and general aviation

We went to see the Kazan Helicopter Plant. In the format of a quick tour, it is difficult to cover the entire work of the enterprise. Usually it takes me at least a whole day to shoot this. But what I managed to see, I'll show you.

Kazan Helicopter Plant is a manufacturer of the Mi-8/17 family of helicopters, which is part of the Russian Helicopters Holding Russian Helicopters of the Rostec State Corporation. Russian-made helicopters manufactured in Kazan have flown in total over 50 million flight hours around the world. Over the entire history of Kazan Helicopters' existence, more than 12,000 Mi-4, Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17, Ansat helicopters and their modifications have been delivered to 100 countries of the world.

The plant has been counting its history since September 4, 1940, when by order of the People's Commissariat of the Aviation Industry, the Leningrad Aviation Plant No. 387 was created, which was later evacuated to Kazan and merged with the Kazan Carriage Parts Plant No. 169. Since the aviation fate of the enterprise was determined in 1940, namely from this date the history of the present Kazan Helicopters Plant begins. During the war years, the enterprise manufactured about 11 thousand Po-2 biplanes for the front. By 1945, the production of combat aircraft at the plant had grown 3.5 times: from 100 to 350 units per month. Every tenth combat aircraft produced by the aviation industry of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War was assembled here.

In 1951, Kazan Helicopters began production of Mi-1 helicopters - this was the first serial production of rotorcraft in the USSR. The Mi-4 helicopter, produced at the plant since 1954, became the first domestic helicopter to be exported. In 1965, the enterprise began manufacturing the Mi-8, the most massive and popular of all the Mi helicopters.

In 1993, the company began developing the Ansat, the only helicopter designed and built in Russia in the post-Soviet period. In 1997, Kazan Helicopters received an official certificate from the Aviation Register of the IAC, allowing the development of helicopters, and the first prototype of the Ansat with a fly-by-wire system was also created. It made its first flight in 1999. V currently Ansat, along with the main production of the plant, the Mi-17 helicopter, includes the current model range of the enterprise.

1. Let's look at the aggregate production of the Mi-17 (and its families), Ansat and Mi-38 helicopters.

2. Today the enterprise has an infrastructure typical for multi-batch production of machine-building profile, has a modern production and technological base, certified for the production and repair of helicopters: Kazan Helicopters carries out a full cycle of helicopter technology development, from development and serial production to its after-sales support.

3. During stacking, the product is usually assembled in one place in an assembly device (stack), which facilitates fixing in the desired position and crimping the assembled product. In the photo there is an equipment for the Ansat fuselage.

4. Part of the bottom of the Mi-17.

5. Almost finished Mi-17 fuselage.

6. Machine for drilling holes in the frame, to which the tail boom is attached.

7. Fuselages of Ansatov in varying degrees of readiness. At the factory

8. The Mi-8 family of helicopters has been produced since 1965 and now more than 12,000 units have been produced. The Kazan Helicopter Plant has produced over 7,500 helicopters.

9. Fuselage of Mi-17V-5.

10. Mi-8 / 17s are even operated in the USA. And for their company in Afghanistan, they turned out to be indispensable due to their survivability and suitability for repair in the field.

11. The plant is currently producing three main modifications of the helicopter: Mi-172 - passenger modification, designed to carry passengers. Special VIP modifications are also available. Mi-17V-5 is a transport modification designed to transport cargo inside the cabin and on an external sling. It can be used to transport rescuers. The Mi-17-1V is a multipurpose modification, on the basis of which helicopters for various purposes are produced, including a flying hospital.

12.A total of several dozen modifications were released. The helicopter is operated in dozens of countries.

13. And here on the right is the Mi-38 cockpit.

14. Beginning of designing the Mi-38 - 1981 Presentation of the model at Le Bourget - 1989 Model - August 1991 Presentation of the full-scale model - Mosaeroshow - 1992 Start of production of two prototypes - 1993 Presentation of the modified model - MAKS- 95. The multipurpose Mi-38 helicopter can be used to transport cargo and passengers, including VIP, as a search and rescue helicopter and a flying ambulance, for flights over land and water areas. The Mi-38 has many progressive features (in particular: a "glass cockpit" for two pilots and extensive use of composite materials, including in the main and tail rotor). After a long journey, the first serial cars are now being assembled at the plant.

15. After assembling and checking for leaks, the board is painted.

17. Cab Mi-17V-5

18. Ansats. Prototypes.

19. As the plant said, they deliberately did not make a composite fuselage at Ansat. First is the development and implementation new technology and secondly, security. The metal bent during a rough landing - this place is visible. A piece was cut out, patched up and back into the sky. And with a composite fuselage, this will not work. And just the place of the break will not be visible - only instrumental control.

20. Marketing and Sales Director of the Kazan Helicopter Plant Valery Pashko and experienced Ansat. On the boom, sensors of barometric devices are placed so that the body and the propeller do not interfere with them during tests.

21. Mi-17V-5.

21. They arranged small demonstration flights especially for us.

23. An Mi-17 helicopter costs 15 million dollars on average.

24. Yellow boxes - vibration dampers. With them, it is halved. I flew on boards without them - the vibration table is still the same.

25. Cabin. You can even buy this board. It is assembled, flown. All defects were shaken out of him. A miracle, not a machine.

26. VIP salon.

27. And the test pilot, having landed the Mi-17, went to Ansat.

28. The first prototype of the helicopter was assembled in May 1997. The first flight was made in 1999. In 2011, the certification process for the civil version of the helicopter began. In August 2013, the type certificate of the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee was received. At the moment, more than 20 units have been delivered to customers.

31. You can buy from $ 5 million, which is three times cheaper than the Mi-17.

32. Ansat's cabin.

33. "Ground computer".

34. VIP salon.

35. The crew of test pilots: Viktor Rusetsky and Gennady Goncharov.

36. Of course, a simulator.

37. Behind the handle

We visited the Kazan Helicopter Plant, which is part of the Russian Helicopters holding, as bloggers who had never been there before. We were shown the mechanical assembly shop, the final assembly shop, some of the territory of the plant itself, and even a test flight of the Mi-8.
But first things first.

The history of the Kazan Helicopter Plant dates back to 1933, when a wood processing plant was founded on the banks of the Volga in Kazan. And the plant itself has been counting its history since September 4, 1940, when by order of the People's Commissariat of the Aviation Industry, the Leningrad Aviation Plant No. 387 was created, which was later evacuated to Kazan and merged with the Plant of Transport Parts No. 169. The aviation fate of the enterprise was determined in 1940, and it was from this date that the history of the present OJSC Kazan Helicopter Plant began. In 1941, light biplanes became the first aircraft produced by the plant.

2. The number of Po-2s produced during the war years exceeded 10,000 (to be more precise, 11334) aircraft, which amounted to 10% of all aircraft produced in the Soviet Union during the war years.
In 1951, the serial production of the Mi-1 helicopter, designed by M.L. Mil, began. The Mi-1 was replaced by the Mi-4.

3. In 1956, the Kazan Helicopter Plant began delivering helicopters for export.
In 1965, the production of the Mi-8 helicopter began. This marked a turning point in the history of the plant. The modern Mi-17 helicopter and its modifications are the result of the vast experience accumulated during the production and operation of the Mi-8 helicopters.
Kazan Helicopter Production Association in 1993 was transformed into a joint stock company Kazan Helicopter Plant, and in 1996 became open - JSC Kazan Helicopter Plant

4. In the same year, a design bureau was created to develop a light multipurpose Ansat.

Helicopter production:
2006 - 53
2007 - 38
2008 - 58
2009 - 67
2010 - 81
2011 - 94
2012 - 103
Growth of about 10% is expected in 2013

6. Today, Kazan Helicopters remains the world's largest manufacturer of mid-range helicopters.

7. Markets traditional for the Russian helicopter industry: Russia, the CIS countries, the states of Southeast Asia, Africa, Central and South America. At present, Kazan Helicopters supplies equipment to about 90 countries of the world (the products of the Russian Helicopters holding are generally represented in more than 110 countries of the world).

8. This year it is planned to reach the level of over 100 machines per year with almost unchanged composition of the workforce - about 7 thousand people with an average age of 36 years (in the shops of mechanical production; the average age at the plant today is 43.2 years). And this was achieved due to the reorganization of production, which began in the early 2000s with the repair of workshops.

9. An equally important stage in the reorganization of the enterprise followed with the purchase of new equipment for machining production. We bought foreign-made machine tools, in connection with which labor intensity fell, and labor productivity increased 4 times.

10. Frames are now being processed on four three- and five-coordinate machines, which have replaced 24 old ones (three lines of 8 machines each). Unfortunately, Russia does not yet produce machines of this level. The photo shows the processed stamping before coating.

11. Finished frames go for further assembly.

12. A part for the swashplate for "Ansat" used to be produced in 18 hours, and now 12. Due to processing on several machines, the rejection rate was a large percentage. Now the entire turning part, milling, drilling is carried out within one cycle. And this happens with many details.
In the photo there is a circular frame, which goes to the tail boom on a serial helicopter.

13. Vibration damper hub. Not every client orders it. Previously, the manufacture of this hub took 136 hours, now 18 - the time has been reduced by almost eight times!

14. The office of the chief technologist is right there in the shop behind a glass partition and you don't need to wait for a long time, as before, for a specialist until he arrives from another building.

15. In the milling shop there are 2 Mazak lines. One (4 machines) processes light alloys (duralumin), the other (3 machines) only steel. Each machine has its own magazine for 120 tools, and on the "steel" line there is also a store center for 240 units. The replacement of the tool on the "steel" line is formed automatically - this is provided by the software.

16. Suppose the cutter has run out of resource, the computer program signals the end of the assigned resource, the running carriage picks up the cutter from the machine, makes an exchange, and further processing of the part is in progress. And the operator picks up his used cutter. The tool goes for regrinding, its characteristics change and it goes to another production. All instruments with chips on which the life history of the part is recorded.

17. During the restructuring, this workshop has more than tripled its capacity. If earlier they did 6 thousand standard hours, now the plan is approaching 21 thousand, and from January 2014 it will be even more.

18. Previously, every day a loaded dump truck of duralumin shavings left here, now there are 4 times more waste, but the shavings are turning into briquettes convenient for transportation, which, after being melted down, go to other types of industry.
Every 28 seconds a duralumin briquette falls out of the press. Steel every 32 seconds. The cost of briquettes on the market is 4-5 times more than just shavings. The rammer cannot make twisted shavings into briquettes, so it gets into the "meat grinder" and after crushing it also takes up less space.

19. Environmental protection. There are no rats or mice in the factory. Reportage Alexey look at his page.

20. Cleanliness is the key to economic growth in production.

21. We move to the assembly shop.
From the beginning of assembly to the first flight, the helicopter is here on average one month, including the painting production.

22. OJSC Kazan Helicopter Plant, part of the Russian Helicopters holding, produces a family of Mi-8/17 helicopters, which are operated in more than 100 countries around the world.

23.

24. A wide range of modifications of these helicopters is produced: transport, passenger, rescue, airborne transport and many others.

25. Since 1997 JSC "Kazan Helicopters" has been certified as a developer of helicopter technology: today the light twin-engine Ansat helicopter is in serial production.

26. Russian Helicopters Holding is one of the world leaders in the helicopter industry, the only developer and manufacturer of helicopters in Russia, one of the few companies in the world that has the capabilities to design, manufacture, test and maintain modern civilian and military helicopters.

27. As of 2013, Russian Helicopters produced 35% of the world fleet of combat helicopters, 17% of the world fleet of super-heavy helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of over 20 tons, as well as 56% of the world fleet of medium-heavy helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of 8 to 15 tons ...

28. Modifications of the Mi-8/17 helicopters produced in Kazan are a new generation of equipment.

29. Unique flight performance, the most modern avionics and special equipment manufactured by Russian and Western companies allow flying at high altitudes, in adverse weather conditions, at any time of the day, in automatic mode.

30. The multipurpose helicopter is capable of performing a wide range of missions: transportation of goods, passengers, firefighting, search and rescue, and evacuation of the wounded.

31. Within a short period of time, the Mi-8/17 can be converted from transport to fire-fighting, search-and-rescue or ambulance. The options are "salon", "flying hospital" and others.

32. High level of safety, reliability, simplicity and low cost of operation and maintenance make the Mi-8/17 one of the best-selling helicopters in its class.

33. Blades are of two types - metal and composite. The composite has a higher resource and less weight, but at the same time it requires more expensive maintenance when replacing or repairing.

34. Black box in the tail boom.

35.

36. Medium transport and passenger helicopter Mi-38.
This new generation helicopter is capable of providing a new level of comfort and safety when performing passenger transportation and special operations in category A (FAR-29). In its basic configuration, the Mi-38 can carry 30 passengers.

37. Today, the Mi-38 project has entered a new stage.
The third flight prototype is being tested at the flight test base of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (part of Russian Helicopters). This prototype is equipped with two TV7-117V turboshaft engines developed by OJSC Klimov.

38. The first prototype of the Mi-38 OP-1 made its first flight (hover) on December 22, 2003, and the second prototype of the Mi-38 OP-2, on December 24, 2010. Both of these helicopters were powered by one set of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 / 5 turboshaft engines. The first Mi-38 OP-1 helicopter, after removing the PW127 / 5 engines from it, was converted in 2011 into a prototype of the Mi-38-2 variant with the installation of TV7-117V engines.

39. JSC "Kazan Helicopters" started assembling the fourth flight prototype. The helicopter of the standard design OP-4 will differ from the prototype OP-3 by the shock-resistant fuel system of the "Aerazur" company and enlarged window openings.
In addition to the production of flight prototypes in 2013, as part of the development work for the Mi-38 helicopter, the process of manufacturing the fuselage and a set of individual units for fatigue testing, as well as components and assemblies for bench tests, is underway. OP-4 is the last prototype of the helicopter before the start of serial production, scheduled for 2015.

40. "Ansat" in the Tatar language means "convenient", "light".
In 1993, a design bureau was created at Kazan Helicopter Plant, the purpose of which was to develop a helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 3.3 tons, which must meet the aviation requirements of FAR-29.

41. In February 1997, Kazan Helicopters received a certificate from the IAC Aviation Register, which allows the development of these helicopters. The first flight of the Ansat light multipurpose helicopter was carried out in 1999 by test pilot V.M. Russetsky.

Flight performance

Maximum speed 275 km / h
Cruising speed 220 km / h
Max. flight range with main tanks 520 km
Service ceiling 5500 m
Static ceiling outside the zone of influence of the earth 3300 m

Mass characteristics
Max. takeoff weight 3,300 kg
Max. payload 1,184 kg
GT engines (2хPW207K, Pratt & Whitney)
Takeoff power 630 h.p.
Emergency power 710 hp

Interior dimensions
Length 5700 mm
Width 1770 mm
Height 1370 mm
Volume 8.0 m3

Capacity
Flight Crew 1-2
Passengers 7 + 1

43. Ansat is the only Russian helicopter equipped with a digital electrical remote control system (KSU-A). The presence of a digital engine control system allows simulating the engine shutdown mode without stopping it.

The transport and passenger modification of the helicopter is designed to perform a wide range of tasks:
- transportation of goods and passengers to remote and hard-to-reach settlements;
- use as an air taxi in the city and between settlements;
- delivery of workers' watches to offshore drilling rigs;
- use of a helicopter for corporate transportation and general aviation.

45. Kazan Helicopters have been testing the Ansat since 1999.

46. ​​The training modification of the Ansat-U helicopter is designed to teach piloting the helicopter to cadets of flight schools and civilians, as well as to retrain pilots and improve their qualifications. Equipping the helicopter with two gas turbine engines in combination with duplication of the most important units and systems ensures a high level of flight safety in specific flight training conditions.

47. We were not allowed to photograph the entire territory, only individual helicopters. Because nobody canceled the secrets.

48. We were lucky - we caught a test flight of the Mi-17V-5. The car flew away for half an hour, then returned.

49. This kind of beauty is produced by Kazan Helicopters, one of the leading enterprises of the Russian Helicopters holding, which has crossed the 70-year mark. The company does not stop increasing the rate of production from year to year. Workhorses made in Kazan have flown in total over 50 million flight hours around the world, performing a variety of missions in the service of man. The main thing is that a person chooses more and more peaceful tasks - and helicopters will not let you down!

Thank you for the detailed excursion to the Marketing and Sales Director of the Kazan Helicopter Plant Valery Aleksandrovich Pashko, the head of the machining production Kalyup Igor Nikolaevich, Galina and Vlada from the press service.

PJSC Kazan Helicopter Plant (Kazan) is one of the key enterprises of the Russian Helicopters holding. The products of this enterprise make up an essential part of its supplies. In addition, Kazan Helicopters have developed and brought to serial production a new type of machine - the light helicopter Ansat.

History reference

The history of the enterprise is inextricably linked with the Leningrad aircraft plant No. 387. Since the beginning of the war, it was evacuated to Kazan. The helicopter plant was reorganized in 1951, when the production of the first Mi-1 rotary-wing aircraft in the USSR was launched in the capital of the Tatar Republic. Since 1954, the Mi-4 has been produced here, and since 1965 - the legendary Mi-8.

The helicopter plant (Kazan) became an order-bearing plant in 1970 - for the achievements achieved earlier and the development of the unique Mi-14 amphibious helicopter, the team was awarded. In 1980, the company was awarded the Golden Mercury prize.

New era

The beginning of the 90s (the time of the collapse of the USSR) became difficult for the plant. Corporatization process, shortage working capital, the loss of a part of the sales market could lead to a halt in production. However, the coherence of the team, the talent of the designers and managers contributed to the way out of the crisis. It was during this period that the first stage of technical re-equipment began. The purchase of imported metal-cutting equipment made it possible to increase the accuracy of processing parts and assemble structures with complex geometry.

In 1993, the helicopter plant (Kazan) began designing the multipurpose Ansat. By the way, this was the only case of the development of a new unfinished aircraft model in the 90s. Kazan took a risk, put the credibility of the enterprise on the line and brought the project to serial production. Today "Ansat" is the only domestic helicopter of this class.

Products

The helicopter plant met the 2000s in full armament. Kazan has become one of the world's leading centers for the production of rotorcraft of various types... Here they collect models for civil, service and military purposes:

• Multipurpose helicopter Mi-17 of the middle class.
• Its modifications are the Mi-171V (specialized, medical, etc.).
• Mi-17V5 (transport, rescue).
• Mi-172 (passenger).
• "Ansat".
• Multipurpose Mi-38 of the middle class.

The pride of the enterprise

Still, the favorite brainchild of the plant workers is their original development - the light-class Ansat helicopter. For more than a decade, its appearance has been polished, numerous consultations have been carried out with responsible departments and potential consumers. If in the 90s the country did not have enough funds to purchase new samples of high-tech avionics, then in the mid-2000s there was progress.

In 2005, the Kazan Helicopter Plant at the MAKS exhibition presented a prototype of the Ansat-2RTs maneuverable light combat helicopter. I liked the car, but the competition in the field military equipment in Russia is high. The emphasis was placed on the civilian version, which is so lacking in the country. In 2013, the certification of a cargo-and-passenger modification with a mechanical control system took place.

Today the Ansat program is developing in the military and civil directions. The Ansat-U training helicopter is already being purchased by the Russian Ministry of Defense for training cadets of flight schools and is supplied serially under the contract. The civilian version of the helicopter was certified in stages in 2013-2015. The reason for the delays was the integrated (fly-by-wire) control system installed on the Ansat. It turned out to be too innovative. The helicopter plant (Kazan) turned out to be a pioneer here. At least, if we take the 90s (the first prototype of Ansat was created in 1997), then Kazan citizens were the pioneers in the world in the implementation of this system.

There are a lot of such models on the world market (Eurocopter helicopters, for example). But the civilian version of Ansat competitive advantages the same as for the Mi-8/17 helicopter. First of all, this is the "price-quality" ratio.

Modernization of production

The helicopter plant (Kazan), the photo of which is impressive, continues to develop. In September 2015, an assembly building was opened at Kazan Helicopters, designed for models and Ansat. It was created as part of the plant modernization project, which started in 2008. The new building accommodates several assembly areas for fuselages of all three types. There is also a detailed assembly and installation of the skin, load-bearing elements, and other fuselage units. Thanks to the commissioning of the building, Kazan Helicopters are planning to achieve greater productivity and improve quality.

Previously, the assembly areas were located on two separate territories. Combining them in one building has significantly reduced logistics costs. Accordingly, the time spent on the assembly of helicopters has been reduced. The volume of production increased, deliveries of finished cars to consumers accelerated.

The new hull features a unique sprinkler chamber designed to test fuselages for tightness. Having a closed circuit in which water circulates, the camera is able to simulate rain of any strength. To check one fuselage, up to 9 m 3 of water is required. The enclosure is soundproofed to minimize noise penetration to the outside. All necessary drawings are transferred to the site using paperless technology via computer terminals.

Geography of supplies

Helicopters of Kazan Helicopters fly in more than 100 countries of the world. These are the countries of Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, Latin America. Markets where Kazan equipment is less represented are Western Europe, USA, Canada. Every year, depending on the number of contracts, helicopters are delivered to 4-8 countries. The share of export in sales is about 80%.

Kazan Helicopters have special hopes for the Ansat helicopter. The civilian version targets all traditional markets. These are Russia, the CIS countries, Southeast Asia, Africa, South and Latin America. Applications are submitted by both domestic commercial structures and foreign ones. The first of the foreign partners of Ansata were purchased by the Chinese. A separate development is the military training and patrol modification "Ansat-U". The Air Force has already acquired 40 units, contracts are expected from partner countries - Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Helicopter Plant, Kazan: address

The enterprise occupies about 2 km 2 in the western part of the city. PJSC "Kazan Helicopter Plant" is located at the address: 420085, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Tetsevskaya street, 14.