Basically a C-130 with a rotor:
http://englishrussia.com/2013/01/06/the-most-powerful-serially-produced-helicopter/
http://englishrussia.com/2013/01/06/the-most-powerful-serially-produced-helicopter/
Big damn helicopter
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Re: Big damn helicopter
I've seen one in person at a museum of aviation outside Moscow (Monino). The photos don't do it justice... the thing is HUGE. It dwarfs the Mi-8 which is a big damn helicopter in it's own right.
I've seen one in person at a museum of aviation outside Moscow (Monino). The photos don't do it justice... the thing is HUGE. It dwarfs the Mi-8 which is a big damn helicopter in it's own right.
Re: Big damn helicopter
Yeah, the Mi-26 makes a -47 and a -53 look like a tinker toy.
There is a really cool photo somewhere of a Mi-26 sling loading a trashed -47 out of a desert somewhere.
Shows the difference in size.
Yeah, the Mi-26 makes a -47 and a -53 look like a tinker toy.
There is a really cool photo somewhere of a Mi-26 sling loading a trashed -47 out of a desert somewhere.
Shows the difference in size.
Re: Big damn helicopter
as a former HH-60H electrician, DAMN! there is a lot of room to sit in that engine cowling!
as a former HH-60H electrician, DAMN! there is a lot of room to sit in that engine cowling!
Re: Big damn helicopter
20 ton cargo lift weight. . thats a shit load of pushed air. Impressive.
20 ton cargo lift weight. . thats a shit load of pushed air. Impressive.
Re: Big damn helicopter
"Iiiiiiiitttt's RRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrruuuuusian" (cue voice from Comrade dude from 2012)
"Iiiiiiiitttt's RRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrruuuuusian" (cue voice from Comrade dude from 2012)
Re: Big damn helicopter
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jethro3898</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There is a really cool photo somewhere of a Mi-26 sling loading a trashed -47 out of a desert somewhere. </div></div>
Max takeoff weight a couple thousand pounds higher than a DC9-50...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jethro3898</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There is a really cool photo somewhere of a Mi-26 sling loading a trashed -47 out of a desert somewhere. </div></div>
Max takeoff weight a couple thousand pounds higher than a DC9-50...
Re: Big damn helicopter
I've flown in them a few times and damn are they big lumbering beasts. Interesting to see them stack three armored F350s in the back, and the driver standing on the brakes on the last one because he's on the ramp!
They're also easy targets for RPGs and MG fire when flying low through the passes or coming in to land. There's been at least a couple I know of that have gone in.
I've flown in them a few times and damn are they big lumbering beasts. Interesting to see them stack three armored F350s in the back, and the driver standing on the brakes on the last one because he's on the ramp!
They're also easy targets for RPGs and MG fire when flying low through the passes or coming in to land. There's been at least a couple I know of that have gone in.
