constant speed or variable speed approach

[eagle 86]

Georg1na. Mate I've done all the jobs and I'm still here to talk about it.
E86

[Georg1na]

Got my stuff done in the 60's and 70's and beyond. Also still here and laughing.

Crab you are right about the Lynx................articulated heads and no ASE made it much more difficult.........

[eagle 86]

Welcome to the club.
E86

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Georg1na - you fly the manoeuvres in the Lynx without ASE since the gyros topple and you want maximum control response rate - the yaw channel stays in but that's it

[Ascend Charlie]

Crab, your user name is the navy slang for an air force person.
The air force didn't have the Lynx.
If you were really navy, you might be considered guilty of cultural appropriation, a serious sin in these woke days.*





*but I am as politically incorrect as it is possible to be.

[Georg1na]

It all started back in the day with Torque Turns, using the throttle to swing the aircraft around at the apogee (!!) of the manoeuvre - ohh errr.

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Ascend Charlie - my username comes from 7 years on exchange with the AAC at Middle Wallop - what was then known as the School of Army Aviation or SAAvn - see what I did there? I was lucky enough to fly all the display manoeuvres and even did a display for Blur.

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Georg1na - not feasible with modern governed engines but you can lower the lever on the way up and then raise it at the top to push you round. With the power of the Lynx TR, a pedal turn was the preferred option.

[sycamore]

Crab, who was it who signed -off the `Extension of Flight Envelope` Limitations in the RTS then...?

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Sycamore - Westlands ISTR. The aircraft went through substantial testing with various accelerometers fitted to assess the engineering penalties for each manoeuvre and a couple of aircraft at Wallop were allowed to be used (they had G meters fitted).

The purpose was to allow the Blue Eagles display team to fly 1 Lynx and 4 Gazelles during the display season each year. It wasn't just cuffed on the back of a fag packet.

[sycamore]

Crab,I used to fly a rigid-rotor Scout,with a Lynx copy head,but Scout blades,fully instrumented with strain-gauges and camera on top..Used for `agility` testing,but the FTE`s were not keen on too much `expressionism` being applied.Also used for deck-landing stress measurements,on the `rolling deck which could go to +-20*,with skids..for the Navy...!

[Georg1na]

We was all heroes in our own lunchtime.................especially the RN chaps!!