Posted: 2003-04-08 06:31pm
Well the Mi-26 will carry 20 tons on one 1970's vintage power plant and rotor assembly, so i figured this baby would be able to go to 50 tons with advances in rotor material tech, powerplant tech and having those pods act as partial wings to ease the load on the rotors, still not enough for an M1 but that's easily 2 IFV's and extra troops.Sea Skimmer wrote:I seriously doubt it could haul an M1, larger helicopters barely even lift a fraction of its weight. Even if you had the power, I don't think you could put it through the rotors.