On 07:50 Thu 27 Nov , Martin Spott wrote: > The first is correct, the latter is not (see above). Pilots love this > helicopter because of his outstanding manouverability. It's even > capable of doing serious aerobatic - up to inverted flying (AFAIR with > a modified gear box lubrication),
Check out the Westland Lynx. I've seen these at a couple of airshows this year and the pilots did manage quite a bit of inverted flight during their routines. These too have a rigid rotor head with elastomeric bearings and the blades are intentionally made more rigid to prevent tail strikes during high-G and sharp stop maneuvers. Impressive engineering in all modern helos I think you'll agree :-) All the best, Matt. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
