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Old 11th Mar 2001, 01:48
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Grey Area
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Lu,

The info you request is mostly irrelevant. For a start as HAC has pointed out there is no swashplate on a lynx. Second, as the system has 4 blades the well documented problem you are alluding to with the Bell configuration cannot occur.

But, as already stated, the system is rigged to about 70 deg or so.

The Lynx is a weapons platform (and a very successful one), yet there is no link between the rotor head and tail plane. In fact the aircraft is cleared for flight with the horizontal stabiliser removed. Because of its rigid head, the Lynx control power is immense, the moment of the virtual flapping hinge is huge. Iif you get the opportunity to watch the Blue Eagles (UK Army Air Corps) Display Team of recent years, you will see a back flip (360 deg pitch backward) from the hover at 500’ or so. You can’t do that in a cobra!


[This message has been edited by Grey Area (edited 10 March 2001).]