That is one big motherf*cker of a helicopter.
Aye. A propper chopper.
Does a -53 always go on top?..
Why is the tailplane canted to port?
'Twas ever thus on the Super Stallion. One would guess to give a bit of extra lift at the rear, I'm sure the boffins in white lab coats know their stuff. From
http://www.airvectors.net/avskbig_2.html
Although the prototypes were built with a wide-span, low-mounted symmetrical tailfin, flight control problems led to refitting the second machine with of a distinctive new tail assembly, with the tailfin canted to the left by 20 degrees and an inverted-gull asymmetric tailplane mounted on the right. This change was used in production S-80s.