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All of the above regarding the oil leak problem with the engines. Normally labyrinth seals not being effective after shutdown is not a problem, until you mount the engine 7 degrees nose up, when the oil runs out the back into the jet pipe. The lack of design coordination between RR and Westlands was mind boggling. It was always amusing when the Army Brass arrives to see the new Lynx, only to be confronted with sawn off oil cans hanging off the jet pipes with a skillfully crafted locking wire hook, looking more like a contender for a Romany festival than an anti-armour asset.
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I was trying to find it online. the Army produced a recruitment poster in the 70's for the Lynx and it showed a cropped sideshot of the rotor head and engine area.... and low and behold there was the cut off oil can hanging off the exhaust that no one had thought to remove, it caused a lot of mirth at Odiham at the time.