gear box tilt
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gear box tilt
Did the Lynx that holds the world speed record have the gearbox tilted fwd more than a normal lynx ?. I remember reading that this was done to reduce drag at high speed. The side effect would be I guess that is would hover more tail down .What other mods were done ?.
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The a/c in question was completely refurbished especially for its one and only flight to recover the world speed record.
Apart from a stiffened tail cone, the engines were modded to drink a nitro mix and the blades were especially designed for the purpose, they were the fore runners of the 'berp' tip. During the display, it achieved a world speed record (for its class)of 201kts fwd / 70kts rearward and sideward. It was alsolooped and rolled...got the tape!
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Thermal runaway.
[This message has been edited by Thomas coupling (edited 14 January 2001).]
Apart from a stiffened tail cone, the engines were modded to drink a nitro mix and the blades were especially designed for the purpose, they were the fore runners of the 'berp' tip. During the display, it achieved a world speed record (for its class)of 201kts fwd / 70kts rearward and sideward. It was alsolooped and rolled...got the tape!
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Thermal runaway.
[This message has been edited by Thomas coupling (edited 14 January 2001).]
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Not only did they fiddle with the fuel and spend a lot of time reducing the parasite drag of the airframe and rotor head, they cheated and modified the exhausts to point aft with a convergent duct shape to gain extra thrust in a conventional jet engine manner. All's fair in love and commerce.
