# Could a Sovet Mi-6 helicopter be restored to A+ specs, if money were no object? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sovet-mi-6-helicopter-be-restored-to-a-specs-if-money-were-no-object/600818 "2011-10-26T03:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sovet-mi-6-helicopter-be-restored-to-a-specs-if-money-were-no-object/600818/21 "2011-10-26T18:03:54Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It doesn’t need to be original factory specs; none of the inner workings of the chopter need to be authentic. All that matters is that, on the outside, the thing _looks_ original. Would this still be possible? I would guess so. If money is really and truly-o no object, then our engimatic trillionaire could just pay to have the original factories rebuilt, hire some workers, and churn them out. If blueprints have disappeared, then just hire a few dozen mechanical engineers to study the old parts and recommend a manufacturing procedure, then do it. Maybe vintage auto clubs could give our trillionaire a reference to engineers that build new, reproduction parts for Model-T’s and see if they want to try their hand at whirly plane parts. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sovet-mi-6-helicopter-be-restored-to-a-specs-if-money-were-no-object/600818/22 "2011-10-26T18:19:08Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It doesn’t need to be original factory specs; none of the inner workings of the chopter need to be authentic. All that matters is that, on the outside, the thing _looks_ original. Would this still be possible? In that case, you could have a replica built for nearly nothing. Maybe around the gearbox and rotor of a Super Stallion, which is just a few feet shorter in each direction, but weighs half as much and has nearly as much power. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sovet-mi-6-helicopter-be-restored-to-a-specs-if-money-were-no-object/600818.md?page=1)