Jon Stockill > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > > In which case it would bank, but is there an elastic 'hinge' as in the > > Westland Lynx? Or is there some other mechanism? > > I thought that the performance of the lynx was down to the clever blade > tip design. >
Yes the tips, coupled with the rigid rotor, give the Lynx very good performance. IIRC, the tip design helped with compressibility effects on the advancing blade at high forward airspeeds. However, I'm remembering all this from a visit to the Westland factory in the late '70s ... Regards, Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
