Mil Mi-26 (World's largest helicopter) take off at Budaörs (EW-260TF)

Airline: Belarus - Ministry for Emergency Situations (MChS)
Reg: EW-260TF
Type: Mil Mi-26T (Halo)
Airport: Budaörs (LHBS)
Date: 2012. június 26., 11:00 (indulás /dep)
Spot: Apron
Remarks: It got a millitari colour schame because it will be used in "Die Hard 5"
General characteristics
Crew: Six 2 pilots, 1 navigator, 1 flight engineer, 1 loadmaster, 1 radio/electronic systems operator
Capacity:
80 troops, 60 litters
20,000 kg cargo (44,000 lbs)
Length: 40.025 m (131 ft 4 in) (rotors turning)
Rotor diameter: 32.00 m (104 ft 11.8 in)
Height: 8.145 m (26 ft 9 in)
Disc area: 789 m2 (8,495 ft²)
Empty weight: 28,200 kg (62,170 lb)
Loaded weight: 49,500 kg (108,900 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 56,000 kg (123,500 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Lotarev D-136 turboshafts, 8,380 kW (11,240 shp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 295 km/h, 183 mph (160 kt)
Range: 1,952 km, 1,240 miles (1,080 nautical miles)
Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

[@sachinbhoi5727]

I am aerospace engineer, but I still cannot believe something so huge with sagging blades can fly.

[@chrisavalon9926]

holy shit its tail rotor is as big as many helicopters main rotor. this is one of the coolest things ive ever seen. its gotta be amazing standing under it when it takes off.

[@IlyaSmirnov1980]

+Chris Hall Imagine what kind of load is experiencing blade, it bends and it does not break.

[@wharris302]

Well the tail rotor is around the same size as the main rotor on like an MD 500 lol,

[@davecrupel2817]

Would probably knock you on your ass xD

[@Spacekriek]

What I found interesting is that the rotor spins relatively slowly, i.e. 132 rpm. The Bell 222 does about 348 rpm.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Daniel Cannata Send you flying, more likely.

[@BatLunette]

I can't even image what those pilots feel during the flight. It's like to tame a giant monster.

[@user-gq6rv5wp2p]

Like the Mother of dragons

[@Moana.]

emilia clarke

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

They’re just hoping their co-pilot isn’t screwing the mechanics wife!

[@maddiesgamingchannel8163]

The winds it creates is like flying around in your own personal tornado.

[@NQBN]

imagine if you lived 1000 years ago and mi26 appeared overhead, people would start worshiping it right away.

[@TwoGunz2008]

I am worshiping it right now and its 2016 :)

[@krisbentulan2258]

ahahahahahahaha. definitely

[@sludgerat666]

That would be our current god. Imagine the bible? The prophet would be the mi28

[@thareqinsans]

It's really big. Can we buy this as a private helicopter? And will it fit on a normal average helipad?

[@rademilosevic4944]

o o It can be bought for private use. About housing it: it's length is: 40.025m/131ft 3.3/4in It's rotor diameter is 32m/105ft. So, if you got place where to put it, and somewhere around 20-25 mil$ you can easily have one.

[@mutchlouis9707]

Its so conflicting to watch. U know its a massive metalic structure, but imaging it taking of in the sky is unbelievable and magnificent to witnesses.

[@bizzyizzy9526]

My mother in law need one of these to move her enormous large ars from place to place

[@thatonewaspatyourpicnic7978]

Lmao

[@greatnate3816]

jeez got no chill

[@juangomez713]

😂

[@zebby60]

No shortage of intelligent people in Russia, they build some great machines. What a gorgeous chopper.

[@donone1493]

The reason why they have prevailed for more than a 1000 years

[@dukenukem8381]

Only russians have very little to do with helicopter, Engine is Ukrainian , reduction box is made on French cnc , avionics is western

[@WeoXCY]

​@@dukenukem8381what a nonsense 😂

[@WeoXCY]

@@paranoid9419 What a stupid comment you wrote. This Heli won't fly near front buddy. At least read what was it constructed for

[@tacede]

@@dukenukem8381 tf?

[@baytacoglu]

Unbelievable flex of the rotor. WOW!

[@Creeperboy099]

Barlas N. Aytacoglu weird flex but ok

[@rickdeuel2652]

I have the same attribute in my..... 'rotor'. Ever seen how much flex there is in the wings of a passenger plane? (5-6 feet... repeatedly, often violently, for hours, for hundreds of flights and for years)

[@Eingefallen]

@@rickdeuel2652 it is intended so, right? Because if they were too rigid they would just break off, if I remember right.

[@WarbirdPhoenix]

If only I was ridiculously wealthy, one of those would make a wonderful mobile home.

[@theoriginalmikee]

YES!!!!

[@87apizzi]

Goodluck buying one, they only made 2, one sits in the hanger it was built and the other is in a Russian museum lol.

[@theoriginalmikee]

anthony pizzi 316 have been built.

[@RupertAH]

anthony pizzi I think you might be thinkng of he Mil 12

[@Roger2465]

anthony pizzi These things get contracted for heavy lifting all the time, way more than 2 lol

[@stephenpersic3331]

what an absolutely beautiful big russian flying machine

[@7777777fresh]

Russian Igor Sikorsky the creator of helicopter,

[@thareqinsans]

It's really big. Can we buy this as a private helicopter? And will it fit on a normal average helipad?

[@snivithefox]

Comes with big beautiful Russian girls?

[@Hazelbeso]

*BIAS*

[@concorde837]

+o o I think no.

[@MegaBoilermaker]

These are amazing aircraft. To put things in perspective then one must remember that each rotating blade is like a separate wing with the equivalent lift.

[@maddiesgamingchannel8163]

Ruskies know how to make some beastly helicopters.

[@VarunSharma-tj2wy]

Demon50 they did same with planes

[@ravigouri7890]

Demon50

[@WAL_DC-6B]

It seems making great helicopters is something people of Slavic ancestry do well. Look at two American helicopter pioneers, Igor Sikorsky (Ukrainian) and Frank Piasecki (Polish).

[@VLADIMIR007ISH]

Gringos as well

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@VLADIMIR007ISH Gringos like Sikorsky and Piasecki

[@julianramirez8593]

Are you sure that’s not a space station or a planet? IT’S ENORMOUS!

[@IgnatianMystic]

Good God, it's like watching a bus go airborne...

[@Creeperboy099]

IgnatianMystic it IS an airborne bus basically

[@daniellee100]

that thing is way bigger than a bus lol

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

IgnatianMystic seats 90 troops, more than a school bus can seat kids...

[@rangerdanger822]

'Russian school bus'

[@NachoTrey]

Not even

[@Midnight_Wave_1989]

Wow that’s the coolest helicopter I’ve ever seen

[@thegrayknight71]

He-he. This baby is bigger than my appartment. :)

[@thareqinsans]

Kyrre Forland. It's really big. Can we buy this as a private helicopter? And will it fit on a normal average helipad?

[@interceptor-sc]

Don't he he ur not MJ

[@therishabhdhiman]

The helicopter is smaller than our balcony 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-hd4bn8zs7p]

@@therishabhdhiman Mi-12?)

[@aur485]

You can travel оn this

[@Chilidogs1]

Wonder how much Vodka that thing burns....

[@nigmalex]

Not vodka!Only milk!

[@rebusKZ]

Идиот!!! неграмотный.

[@joepiscapo936]

Pilots don't like to poor Vodka in the tank educate yourself please.

[@Chilidogs1]

It was a joke moron....and I AM a pilot!

[@joepiscapo936]

I took it as a joke originally what's wrong with you? :)

[@EmanGameplay]

This Continues to be my Favorite Helicopter

[@penado8443]

I wish my fan was that big in the summer hahaha

[@tappajaav]

And that loud?

[@penado8443]

@@tappajaav It'll be super loud indeed, but guess who's not gonna be sweaty. Haha. Earmuffs would be nice too.

[@tappajaav]

@@penado8443 Just go all the way and get a full-head helmet

[@OpaRolfDre-lz5cc]

Immer wieder schön anzusehen, prima Technik

[@MUSTASCH1O]

Wow I never realised just how big those helicopters are.

[@billbates5475]

any helicopter than can transport a TANK slung under it, is worthy of massive respect.

[@thinkhard7916]

My electric fan while I'm talking in zoom:

[@davecrupel2817]

what insane buffeting. i can only imagine the windstorm that thing spins up

[@nak4651]

What an absolute beast. The tail rotor looks to be bigger than the main rotor of the helo's I used to fly....lol.

[@nitrorory]

That must be amazing to actually see that thing

[@Tbone913]

Almost wonder how the helipad can handle the weight

[@twinshobbytwinshobby3863]

Super Helicopter ! Best regards from Sofia Bulgaria

[@Peppermint1]

The gearbox alone weights twice an average car. The tail rotor is exactly the same size as the main rotor of a small helicopter. It burns exactly 1liter every second.

[@shooter7a]

Russia, with a population 1/2 that of the US, graduates almost twice the number of engineers we do. In addition, Russian engineering studies are very rigorous. I would put a typical Russian undergraduate degree up against a typical Masters degree in the US. I say this as someone who graduated from a top 10 engineering program in the US.

[@yeahcj6209]

shooter7a now its far from close as was in ussr

[@shooter7a]

WarPeace, you are 100% wrong. Those are the statistics for 2015. Russian Federation = 454,000 graduates. US 237,000 graduates. Iran 233,000 graduates. Japan 168,000 graduates. There are no stats on China...but best estimates are that 30% of their undergrad degrees are in engineering! They have a stated goal to have 200,000,000 degreed engineers by 2030. As for the quality of Engineering graduates in Russia, I could not judge current standards as my experience with Russian Engineers involves older graduates from a previous era, who emigrated.

[@user-hd4bn8zs7p]

@@shooter7a У нас после предателей в 90х всё упало( Так что до мощностей СССР не дотягиваем - образование тоже упало( Сейчас российскую промышленность всё ещё двигают люди старого поколения( Но надеюсь со временем всё наладится.

[@user-fr4cg2xj2w]

shooter7a ok? Why don't you go live in Russia then, also may I add, the united states is the number 1 most powerful country millenarian speaking and economically, so if your statistics are correct then why isn't Russia number 1?

[@user-fr4cg2xj2w]

Dojocho but at the end of the day who has the better quality of life, who has more people living above the poverty line, who has a better government, who is considered number 1, The united states.

[@grigors2]

The picture makes it even better

[@WarBird015]

Nice pushback. What a beast😎

[@aspawi6742]

Wow, this is super awesome

[@thareqinsans]

It's really big. Can we buy this as a private helicopter? And will it fit on a normal average helipad?

[@skipp7255]

Когда стоишь рядом с этим монстром ощущаешь себя песчинкой When you stand next to this monster you feel like a grain of sand

[@rubeng9649]

Imagine how much force it takes to get those propellers spinning. Now imagine if one of them flew off in the middle of a crowd.

[@ufoengines]

Very Cool!

[@rext8949]

Wonder whether you could get a stealth version - wanna beat the late night curfew.

[@TheGeekwad]

I love how this was in die hard 5

[@cdlight940]

It sounds like the camera man is about to be sent backwards by the sheer force of this thing 😂

[@lolindirlink]

I'm amazed all of that grass is still standing. it says something about mother nature.

[@kitaikana]

Americans: we have the biggest helicopter in the world (chinook) Russians: hod my vodka

[@anandmaster6357]

Wonderful

[@ryanchristensen1799]

Pretty amazin how the top blades come so close to the tails fuelsulage and not hit it.

[@57629589]

You don't realize how big it is till you see the guy walk up to it.

[@eclipse7682]

When I was younger I thought all helicopters are this big

[@AdamCchannel]

Not necessarily. With the collective (the stick on the left side of the seat that controls the angle of attack of the blades) all the way down at least some helicopters (or all - I don't know) rotors blow in the other direction - that is up. It is for example used in autorotation landing where you convert your vertical speed (while descending) into rotor RPMs. ;)

[@JoeMan07]

You have a good point Mr. Goodsir.

[@matheusyt2515]

Incrível 😻😻😻

[@jobmunene3263]

An engineering accomplishment 👏

[@geddon436]

How are autos in that thing?

[@Zeckmon3]

Man if i was in a fantasy world i would bring this helicopter and fly around scaring people LOL Edit: LOOK HOW MUCH WIND THAT FAN BLADE MAKES WOW

[@luisanariveiraonate1380]

This video is so good

[@willibill1]

Everythings big in Mother Russia

[@caterpillarslim1288]

Holy shit that's a big piece of machinery!

[@Maoud2]

Damn that thing looks like a juicy target

[@borisz379]

Nos a videó leírásában van néhány adat, A gép Fehéroroszországból jött annó eredeti festésben itt festeték át terepmintásra mert megy a Die Hard 5 forgatására. A pilótát nem tudom, de az a személyzet vezeti aki ide hozta.

[@djnaz9591]

when it powered up I got goosebumps all over.imagine being there

[@user-nk8ng7ws3h]

Its Fantastic Helicopter!

[@gordiehattrick]

What a beast!!!!

[@DEVASTATOR478]

awesome !!!!!!!!

[@HeliPadUSA]

Boy I'd like to see the fuel bill for that big girl. Nice video!

[@CHILLY_PENQUIN]

Me wondering what material the blades are made of to withstand what they withstand 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@hlebushek2289]

The main rotor blades have a steel spar, a fiberglass frame and a special paper filler. One blade weights 375 kg

[@alamfirdaus18]

beautiful beast

[@mikea.7370]

Now that's an RV/ toy hauler!

[@nicolaupoceiro7570]

What material are the blades made of?

[@Uncle_9-11]

Astonishing how those gargantuan rotor blades manage to flex downward so much when stationary, what kinda materials even allow for that kind of give?

[@hlebushek2289]

The main rotor blades have a steel spar, a fiberglass frame and a special paper filler. One blade weights 375 kg

[@greatgifttotheuniverse3192]

The world's best fan during the summers

[@kothmirkarSainath]

Super exellent

[@________________________-nq7zc]

This machine is amazing Gj Russia much respect from Belgium

[@WayneCarney]

Awesome

[@sniffy6999999]

Helicopters seem to me to 'beat' their way into the sky overcoming gravity by brute force.

[@SidharthPriyadarsh]

2020 dec 31. I am on my couch watching this . Time : 4:42 pm. Tommorow is 2021.

[@blindfoldedmissile]

It's so droopy :D

[@MrSASTIRE]

This thing is easily 2 semi trucks with cargo stacked of on top of each other

[@royalkingdomcommando6379]

Beautiful helicopter! Thanks for the video! Jesus loves you!

[@andrewanane9715]

Wow this helicopter I saw it in Ghana and it was carrying a coffin of some minister of Parliament and I was like this thing is hugs! Never did I know it was the biggest helicopter until now.

[@Sword_of_Saint_14]

How big was that coffin? This helicopter is designed to carry up to 23 metric tons Its literally the biggest, heaviest and most powerful

[@Sword_of_Saint_14]

And you saw it carrying a mf coffin 🤣

[@andrewanane9715]

@@Sword_of_Saint_14 haha I don't even think it was this helicopter. I made a mistake lol

[@Sword_of_Saint_14]

@@andrewanane9715 jk man, i mean, today i found out this helicopter existed, i get you

[@albanydan5739]

Thats impressive

[@digital0185]

Like seriously how big is that thing

[@ram_slade-warrobotsandmore482]

I did notice when the big blades don't spin, they bend.

[@christophkeresztes8617]

i am wondering how much fuel it takes. Fuel supply line in this helicopter is thiccer than most pipelines

[@CloudyB_MT]

Had to search this up to believe it because of that massive chopper in Escape From Tarkov lol

[@pyro4life37]

Echt beeindruckend

[@whitemask713]

Nice Rocket

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

The hughs main rotor could be a tail rotor for a helicopter like this size

[@ThatMontmorency]

Hate to break it to you,but... ceiling fans typically have a switch that controls the direction of rotation, thus making the fan to blow up or down, depending on your preference. Apparently, the previous poster grew up among fans that blow up. That's all there is to it.

[@adamdeste7376]

Just It's tail rotor can replace the main rotor on most small helicopters.

[@rivco5008]

Russians build good helicopters...

[@cybertree]

Holy shit, *does anybody else feel like the huge size hasn't sunken in yet?* (Like it's so big, but my brain isn't surprised by it yet. It's the size of a freakin' gas station!)

[@ronnybehncke2453]

I love this helicopter

[@manishbhat2466]

Great machine

[@busterscruggs8834]

I want this thing to come to GTA Online. Would be fun as shit to see a huge helicopter aproaching you or just see its shadow passing by

[@gry8ruth]

that tail rotor could be the main blades on a md500

[@JoeMan07]

Hate to break it to you but if you adjust the rotor to the opposite Degree the it could be either way. The rotor directs the way the thrust goes. So in either way it could be the largest ceiling fan or largest lawn mower..

[@sunny_he]

That thing flies?

[@Qo00o]

""This giant's tail rotor will be the Main rotor for other choppers""

[@harrihiltunen3126]

good size helicopter starting flying...

[@ProtegeTuype]

So this is the A380 of the choppers ?

[@xanderarango7721]

gil zur more like the C-5 galaxy of choppers

[@StrangerHappened]

Not quite; it is Antonov 225 of the choppers.

[@theswissnavy2801]

Xander Arango Lopez mi12, mi12

[@user-xy8sm6dt3b]

mi

[@drServitis]

NEVER HEARD OF THE ANTONOV OR THE A380. BOTH SOON TO BE DISCONTINUED FAILURES.

[@MickB235]

I think this particular helicopter was getting temporarily repainted for "die hard 4"