Is there a helicopter (or similar) that can hold 100 people (or equivalent)?

The only helicopter that I'm aware of that could carry that many was Russian. The MI-12. Only 2 prototypes were ever made. Both are now in museums.

The larger helicopters would then be a CH-47 Chinook (up to 55 troops), the V-22 Osprey (up to 24 troops), or the Mi-8 (up to 30 troops).

One thing that might be feasible if you aren't trying to fit them comfortably as you mentioned, would be a Sikorsky Sky Crane with a sea van slung under it. I have included a link to one carrying a connex. Other than that, you're sort of out of luck with a helicopter.

An airplane would be much more feasible for people. Lot's of passenger airplanes can carry in excess of 100 people. Freighters can carry even more if safety isn't an issue.

Did you mean to assert, certainly they are not able to have an ejector seat, i am hoping... They would but you'd be ejected proper into the rotors and cut to ribbons. Helicopters do not in most cases have escape aspects, however not like planes, if your chopper is in difficulty you can simply open the door and soar out, unless you're the pilot, where case you may need to get it to autohover first. There is a approach for saving a chopper that loses its engine though, it can be referred to as autorotation. The pilot idles the rotors and the chopper descends, and the force of the air from the descent makes the rotor flip. It doesn't provide carry drive nevertheless it does slow the descent with the aid of introducing an detail of drag to it. It acts form of like a parachute. I used to be in a chopper that did a rolling touchdown once, on a wildland firefighting crew in the Cascade range. The engine started backfiring and the pilot headed us into a tremendous flat field where we landed with a heavy thud. It was once a lot like an out-of-fuel airplane coasting in to land. We had a excellent pilot. <> concerning the Kamov's, there's most effective 12 of them in existence, lovely highly-priced... But yeah, just a few choppers do have disposable rotors. Ka-50's are an mighty chopper, they don't want a tail rotor. They can fireplace on the identical special goal at the same time turning round in circles. Luxurious though.

What about a Zeppelin (think the Hindenburg)?

The main feature of Zeppelin's design was a rigid light-alloy skeleton, made of rings and longerons. The advantage of this design was that the aircraft could be much larger than non-rigid airships. The framework of most Zeppelins were made of duralumin.

Speaking of the Hindenburg:

Cruising Speed: 76 MPH

Maximum Speed: 84 MPH

Crew: 40 flight officers and men, 10-12 stewards and cooks

Passengers: 72

The Russian Mi-26 is the most powerful helicopter in the world, stronger than any chinook that people here are suggesting. Id the people are there like sardines, it shouldn't be a problem.

The CH-53K has a payload of 35,000 pounds and can carry up to 55 soldiers and their equipment

Edit: That's 55 soldiers with full backpacks and weapon loads, 100 people could pile into it, as long as they averaged less than 350 pounds each!

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So perhaps you could easily invent a giant helicopter to hold even 200 people.

MI-26 is in all payload aspects, a helicopter C-130.

when it had been shotdown near Grozny, there were 127 fatalities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Khankala_Mi-26_c...

and no, no one would be walking underneath it.. living or undead.

Chinook or super puma are the only ones I can think of that could take the pay load.Not sure whether they are certified to carry 100 pax though.Rotary wing isn't my thing.

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Yes there is... the one which carries war tanks, missiles, rockets etc. It can carry upto thousand people