On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Matthew Law wrote: > 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 :-)
I remember seeing the army display team at RAF Waddington a couple of years ago - 4 gazelle & 1 lynx all lined up in the hover, then the lynx pilot backflipped the aircraft out of the lineup. The first time you see it you really can't believe what you've just seen. -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
