TH-10 LiteCrane - light flying crane (a tribute)

[Gorgon]

Fooling around on wikipedia, I stumbled upon the Mil Mi 10, the Soviet flying crane. One thing let to another and I ended up with a tiny flying crane, just powerful enough to transport a standard 10 ton container.

Consider this a tribute to Giovanni Blasini's Project Shipping Container. A helicopter that can be transported in a ten ton container and can carry such a container itself. (Also known as abusing the lifting hoist rules)

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Type: LiteCrane
Chassis Type: VTOL (Medium)
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Mass: 10 tons
Battle Value: 40
   
Equipment                                         Mass (tons)
Chassis/Controls (Tech Level D)                     2.5
Fusion Engine/Trans. (Tech Level D)                 1.0
    Cruise MP:5
    Flank MP:8
Heat Sinks                    0                     0.0
Fuel                                                0.0
Armor Factor (BAR 7)          11                    0.5

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   2         3     
     R/L Side               2/2       2/2   
     Rear                    2         2     
     Rotor                   2         2     
   

Weapons
and Ammo              Location    Tonnage       
None
   
Cargo
    None

Notes:
Lift Hoist/Arresting Hoist(2; 3 tons each)

[Giovanni Blasini]

This has been officially adopted into Project Shipping Container.  I absolutely love it.  We’re you thinking of a conventional layout like real sky cranes, or something more sci-fi and fanciful with that fusion engine like the Tonbo or Bishop?

Haven’t had the opportunity to see an Mi-10 before, but there’s an S-64 Skycrane that periodically operates from my nearby airport.  They’re a sight to behold.

[Gorgon]

I was thinking a conventional design helicopter design, but what ever mental image works for you. The fusion engine is only there, because it's the only thing that allows it to move a container at a somewhat reasonable speed. Glad you like it!

[Daryk]

Nicely done!  :thumbsup:

Would dropping to BAR 5 armor increase the points enough to be worth it?  ???

[Gorgon]

Nicely done!  :thumbsup:

Would dropping to BAR 5 armor increase the points enough to be worth it?  ???

Good idea! It would bring it up by three points to the maximum. It'll also drop the cost by 900 C-Bills, from 165,917 to 165,083.

Either way, don't expose it to enemy fire.  ;D

[Daryk]

Very true!  ;D

Playing around in SAW, it would appear to be possible to do it as a Combat Vehicle.  With the Illegal Quirk, you could put 3/4 of a ton of BAR 5 on it for 23 points (though the sixth point on the nose won't save it from a Medium Pulse).  The cost would be around 230K, but it would also move 7/11... :)

[Gorgon]

I hadn't even thought about using a military-grade VTOL  :o

But sure, more speed is always welcome, especially when it's going to get slowed down by the container anyway....