Could a Sovet Mi-6 helicopter be restored to A+ specs, if money were no object?

[robert_columbia]

@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.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@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.