MENELAUS - yes the later versions of the Lynx were mightily improved (Mk 7, 8 & 9) 3-pinion MRGB and a lot of plates riveted around the tail and it took the introduction of the T800 engines to give it any hot and high performance.
Briefly upside down is all you need, more important is positive G.
And absolutely lots of fun
Quite agree, the later versions were pretty good from a handling point of view, but I also remember when you couldn't even get a Mk 1 Lynx over the 12 foot security fence on a hot summer's day in Germany without temp limiting. And before the T800s, the Lynx was always winning the "most engine oil deposited on a NATO partner's brand new dispersal" award.