Real Life Heli-Carrier Six Rotor Yakovlev VVP-6 Concept

The USSR had a big problem in the 1960s, and when I say big, I mean bigger than any other country in the world.  Because the terrortiy was so vast, they required a way to keep their borders secure – and considering that during that time the US was infiltrating their airspace consistently with u-2 spy planes, the soviets needed to stop stickybeaks.

 Started by the Yakovlev bureau, Project GDP-6 proposed the construction of a heavy multi-rotor helicopter designed to carry special payloads.  Like everything else in the USSR, it was simply referred to as the VVP-6. It would have a simple, elongated shape, 49 meters long and 6 meters wide. 

A cockpit could be piloted by two crew members or by computers in the nose, depending on the aircraft's function, such as missile launch. It would have a square fuselage all over and be able to carry a variety of cargoes. Although it would fly like a brick because it was not airdynamic and had six rotors, fuel consumption was probably not a priority for them.

 Based on the potential cargo it was offered, we can guess that its carrying capacity was somewhere between 45 and 50 tons. It would be powered by 24 tubrofan engines, 12 on each side with four motors each, which would then activate six contra-rotors. In simple terms, they would rotate in different directions to prevent the aircraft being pushed in the wrong direction and fly staight.