Originally Posted by
stilton
Thanks for the informative replies, while on the subject of helicopter landing gear what was the thinking with the ‘splayed out’ wheel
configuration on the RN Lynx ?
Sea Lynx donˋt have brakes, just locks. So they either roll or are blocked.
Pivoted outside allow for turning around the harpoon, which holds the helicopter on the deck, after castoring the nosewheel 90 degrees.
Over land you can do a running landing, the „splayed out gear“ braking the helicopter, turning and leaving rubber.
Autorotation onto grass would send piles of dirt through the rotordisk 😜