Mil V-12 transport helicopter - photo

Mil V-12 transport helicopter is the largest helicopter ever built. The V-12 is powered by four 4,800 kW turboshaft engines and is capable of lifting 40,000 kgs (88,000 lbs). Two prototypes were built, and are now in museums.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...386#post161864
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...066#post160732
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...142#post165164
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...573#post162720
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...462#post135646
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...221#post153947

When one of our Army Chinook CH-47 helicopters was disabled for mechanical problems in the mountains of Afghanistan, the U.S. Gov't contracted with a "commercial" Russian firm who operated a couple of these monsters to come lift it out and transport it to a secured airport for shuttling back to the U.S. The Cold War was certainly a good time for Engineering on both sides!