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  • It depends on a helicopter. There are many different helicopters out there with different abilities.
  • The Skycrane (CH-54) can lift about 20,000 lbs according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-54_Tarhe
  • Completely depends on the type of Heli you're using but I would agree with "That Guy Again" and have to say the SkyCrane is probably one of the Worlds strongest helicopters if not THE strongest. The Chinook (CH-47) is also a powerhouse with a lifting capability of close to 25,000 lbs
  • 44,205 kg (88,636 lb) is the record. 1) "The Soviet made Mil V-12 (Also referred to as the Mi-12, NATO reporting name "Homer") is the largest helicopter ever built. The name "Mi-12" would have been the name for the production helicopter. Since the V-12 never went into production and only two prototypes were built, the name "Mi-12" was never adopted." "Development came about as a need for a heavy lift helicopter capable of carrying major missile components. Production began on the V-12 prototype in 1965 with the goal of lifting no less than 30,000 kg. The first prototype made its first lift-off on 27 June 1967. After a few oscillations in close proximity to the ground the V-12 made a rough touchdown on one wheel resulting in a burst tire and a bent wheel disk. Even though the damage was insignificant, it was reported in the Western press that the prototype had suffered severe damage, and even to this day the rumor persists that the prototype had crashed fatally. The V-12 features the only two-rotor transverse scheme ever built by Mil, eliminating the need for a tail rotor. The twin engines were taken together with the rotors from the Mil Mi-6 and duplicated on the V-12. Being the first time used by Mil, the twin rotor transverse scheme was not new. It was first seen in the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 the first fully controlable helicopter from 1936. Later, other helicopters used the scheme such as the Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache from 1940. The Soviet Kamov OKB built an experimental aircraft with the same scheme in 1958, Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl. This aircraft had also the combined wing/rotor arrangement later used on the Mil V-12. The first prototype, now wearing the registration SSSR-21142, made its first flight on 10 July 1968, flying from the Mil factory pad in Panki to the Mil OKB test flight facility in Lyubertsy. In February 1969, the first prototype lifted a 31,030 kg payload to 2,951m (9,682 feet). On 6 August 1969, the V-12 lifted 44,205 kg (88,636 lb) to a height of 2,255m (7,398 feet), a world record. In May-June 1971 the first prototype V-12 SSSR-21142 made a series of flights over Europe being topped by the participation in the 29th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget wearing exhibit code H-833." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-12 2) "The Mil Mi-26 (Russian Ми-26, NATO reporting name 'Halo') is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter in service in civilian and military roles. It is the biggest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production." "The Mi-26 was designed as a heavy-lift helicopter intended for military and civil use. It was designed to replace the earlier Mi-6 and Mi-12 heavy lift helicopters, with a design that had twice the cabin space and payload of the Mi-6, then the world's largest and fastest production helicopter. The primary purpose was to move military equipment such as 28,000 pound amphibious armored personnel carriers, as well as move mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles to remote locations after delivery by an Antonov An-22 transport. The helicopter was designed by Marat Tishchenko, protégé of Mikhail Mil, founder of the design bureau OKB Mil. The first Mi-26 flew on 14 December 1977, and entered service in the Soviet military in 1983. The Mi-26 was the first helicopter to operate with an eight-blade rotor. It is capable of single-engine flight in the event of loss of power by one engine (depending on aircraft mission weight) because of an engine load sharing system. While it is only slightly heavier than the Mil Mi-6, it can lift up to 20 tons (40,000 lb) - 8 tons more than Mi-6. The unofficial nickname of the Mi-26 in the Russian military is "Korova" ("Cow"). The Mi-26 is the second largest and heaviest helicopter ever constructed, following the experimental Mi-12." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26

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