Army Video
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Originally Posted by ReDude
i was expecting to see the aircraft flow to its max,not flown low down a creek .Try getting some loops,tail slids,wing overs,troops hanging off a sling being deployed.Man i want action action action.lol only haven a digg at you mate no malise intent.
Any fool can chuck a Lynx about.
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From: EGDC
They seem to have stripped all the useful warry bits (TOW, GPMG) off the Mk 7 and turned it into a Mk9 soup dragon with skids. Apart from being a small SH machine which can only fit a max of 9 troops (if you're lucky) what exactly is its role now?
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From: In my Hammock or at the Pub!
Originally Posted by ShyTorque
Check out the first aircraft in the opening shot again - it's a PUMA, not a Lynx. 16 seats, or at least they did have for all of my time flying them from 1979-83, 84-87 and 92-94.
Crumple zones = pilots!!!
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Originally Posted by maxeemum
Ah yes see what you mean. If you pause the video clip you'll see a Puma for about 0.2 of a sec. Now is that the same Puma that as part of its "integral crash survivability" has the nose section bolted on as an after thought. Some interesting crash worthiness there.
Crumple zones = pilots!!!
Crumple zones = pilots!!!
Crashworthiness? Crumple zones?
Best you stay out of military aviation ... The crashworthiness issue worries you? The old Puma's been in service for 35 years now. A bit like saying the Spitfire was no good in 1972... 
