It's nice to see that on this discussion at least we are all staying grown up and not getting personal, even if we disgree with some posters.
I think what we are seeing here is a reflection on the lack of understanding between users and producers (interestingly this same thing has been highlighted on the A400 thread as well). Unfortunately this always comes back to funding, no doubt the Lynx could have been adapted to meet ALL the different users requirements but in that case the cost would have been unacceptable (either in monetary terms or political terms if something else had been selected). What
you want often isnt what
they can afford!!
By now everyone must recognise that protecting UK jobs
is part of the UK goverments responsibility whether any us of like it or not.
It is probable that the final weight of the Flynx will only be with a new rotor fitted which no doubt will go some way to alleviate the current problems. Again overspeeding the head whilst power on is down to engine governing not backing the throttle off quickly enough (maybe the actual condition was really in autorotative flight but the engine didnt react quickly enough)
DM