Wiki gives 44,000 lbs capacity for the Mi-26.

Could they have whittled 15 tons or so off of/out of that plane and still have that much plane left?

I'm still pretty impressed.

Epic.

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The time it takes you to figure out that Luke is the writer is inversely proportionate to your nerd level. Seems I'm a 7 of 12. I got it in the 5th paragraph.

The username is "flossdaily"?

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...-Jokerrotj.jpg

link failure, you joker you.

Ruskie...

Doesn't it look as tho there would be a tremendous pressure on that front landing gear/doors/?? ?

Probably still less pressure than when they are actually stopping a moving plane on the runway, though.

I think something has changed in the default behavior for my browser and/or the link box; I've had several cut&paste errors recently, where I've duplicated, omitted, or in this case something in between, the preprovided "http://". Too late to edit this one, but it should be obvious where it goes.

No, the tie to the landing gear just has to keep the loop from sliding up the fuselage. No where near the strain on the lifting loop.

Found in town the other day:

Ok, If you had hidden cameras, why advertise it?

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And why taunt thieves/vandals?

They had three of these signs in their yard, btw...

I'm guessing, one less door lock or window pane to replace . . .

1.) If the cameras are in an obvious place, the vandals could just disable them.
2.) They don't really want to go to the hassle of taking video to the police, they just want the crime to stop.
3.) Real cameras are a lot more expensive than a few signs.

?

I mean, it's all I can do to resist taking their signs.