Yakovlev Yak-60 (known as Yak-32 in some sources) is the possible designation for an experimental Yakovlev tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter design of the late 1960s. This design never progressed beyond the model stage.

Development

This helicopter was designed in the late 1960s, and may have been a competing design to the Mil Mi-12 heavy lift helicopter. It featured two

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rotors in tandem, each driven by a pair of

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engines, potentially giving it four times the payload capacity of the

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. The cockpit would have been similar to that of the

Yakovlev Yak-24 The Yakovlev Yak-24 (NATO reporting name "Horse") is a Soviet twin-engine, tandem rotor, transport helicopter developed by Yakovlev in the 1950s. The Yak-24 saw limited use in the Soviet Air Force, and the exact number produced and duration o ...

. Compared to the radical Mi-12, the Yak-60 design was far more conventional, though two Mi-12s were produced and no Yak-60s. It has been suggested that the designation Yak-60 was based on an extant study model which had the number "60" painted prominently on its side.

Specifications (Yak-60 estimated)

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{{Yakovlev aircraft 1960s Soviet military transport aircraft Yak-060 Military helicopters Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union 1960s Soviet helicopters

Development

Specifications (Yak-60 estimated)

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