{"product_id":"easy37042","title":"Easy Model - 1\/72 Mi-8T Hip-C White 610 Polish Air Force","description":"\u003ch1\u003e1\/72 Mi-8T Hip-C White 610 Polish Air Force\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEasy Model 37042\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mil Mi-8 (NATO code: Hip) was and still is a Soviet-made multipurpose helicopter with a full metal semi-shell structure, with a fixed undercarriage, in a classic arrangement with a main rotor and a tail rotor on the beam. The drive was provided by two Klimov-TW-2-117 turboshaft engines with a capacity of 1500 HP each. The flight of the first prototype took place in July 1961, and serial production started shortly thereafter and continues to this day. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo date, all over the world, more than 17,000 copies of this very successful and popular helicopter have been produced! A lot of modernization of the basic version was created. The first assault versions were the Mi-8TW and Mi-8TP helicopters, which could be armed with machine guns and unguided missiles. The Mi-24 attack helicopter later evolved from these versions. From 1981, new engines were installed in the Mi-8, thus changing the designation to Mi-17. Currently (2017) in the Russian Federation, the designation of all machines of the Mi-8 \/ Mi-17 family has been unified to \"Mi-8\". The wildly successful Mi-8 was very widely exported to the countries of the Warsaw Pact, but also to many other countries of the world, such as India, Iraq and Turkey. Mi-8 helicopters took part in numerous armed conflicts, including the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Easy Model","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49111195320571,"sku":"9580208370422","price":589.95,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0436\/0398\/4552\/files\/Easy-Model-1-72-Mi-8T-Hip-C-White-610-Polish-Air-Force.jpg?v=1785223136","url":"https:\/\/jixhobbies.co.za\/products\/easy37042","provider":"Jix Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}