According to University of Leicester physics students, the answer is no – as we currently cannot make propellers capable of spinning fast enough to hold the 1,900 ft vehicle aloft with only four sets of blades.
Could a flying aircraft carrier possible?
It is, however, possible (though potentially impractical) to develop and deploy flying aircraft carriers for such a conflict–the United States has even experimented with the concept a number of times in the past, and is continuing to pursue the idea today.
How much thrust do you need to lift a Helicarrier?
It all depends on how much thrust you can put on it. Since we don't know the mass of the Helicarrier lets assume it is similar in size to a Nimitz class carrier. That gives us a mass of 106,000 metric tons. So taking (106,000X103 kg)x(9.81m/s2 ) = 1.04X109 Newtons.
