The Mil V-7 was an

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four-seat

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with AI-7

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s at the tips of the two rotor blades. It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed

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on a short tubular tail boom. Four aircraft were built in the late 1950s, but only one is known to have flown, with only the pilot aboard.

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{{Mil aircraft 1950s Soviet experimental aircraft Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union V-7 1950s Soviet helicopters Tipjet-powered helicopters Ramjet-powered aircraft aircraft first flown in 1959 Single-rotor helicopters Aircraft with skid landing gear

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