Can a helicopter ...


Lift a ship full of gold? Maybe it's a stupid question. I dunno. Seems like it would be a LOT of weight.

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Donny Osmond says no.

https://youtu.be/PrUe6qVm780?t=202

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That was pretty good actually.

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The helicopter in the movie was a Erickson S64F ‘Skycrane’

Its Max Weight On Hook is: 25,000 lbs or 11,340 kg

Not that there exist helicopters that can lift Twice that like the Mi-26T.

According to wikipedia the Magellan ship that Broke down in Moluccas weighted around 110 tons.

Tl;Dr: The ship itself (without cargo) would weight around 10 times more than the helicopter in the movie could lift. There is no helicopter that could lift that ship.

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