Another version was planned which was to answer a request on France-UK armed helicopter two-seater with two 20 mm guns in the nose turret and other weapons on the wing stumps. The result was reflected in a compact propulsion system, simplified maintenance, and subject to low power losses.Īs such, the helicopter was responding perfectly Ground staff operational requirement (GSOR) 3335, published in June 1966 and on an aircraft capable of carrying 12 troops wounded lying or 3 and 3 others sitting.
Later known under the name of Gem, this engine was combined with a rigid rotor and a new gearbox. The PT6A not covenant this new technical guidance, Rolls-Royce proposed his Turbomoteur BS.360, which developed an output of 900 hp. France has agreed to buy was Lynx on behalf of its navy, provided, however, that the diameter of the main rotor does not exceed 13 meters, and to allow the storage of aircrafts in hangars boats. The Lynx was to be equipped departing two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A operating a main rotor 13.41 m in diameter, but the agreement France-British concluded in 1967 changed all that. In case of destruction of one of these engines, allowed a aircraft in difficulty to regain its base. During the sixties, while the design of the unit was well advanced, the first lessons of the Viet-Nam war confirmed that the use of two engines was an essential element of survivability above the field battle. Lynx presents itself as a small-sized machine unsightly, the engines are mounted above the cabin and back to the rotor shaft.
The main factors contributing to the lynxes its final configuration, we find the wish of the British military that such a device can be transported aboard a Hercules after being partially dismantled. Its origins date back to a specification of the British Army, which included 135 of the 364 Lynx ordered as of 1 January 1994. Having the same cell and the same dynamic systems that the infantry Lynx, the navalized Lynx has a different avionics and armament.
This and the case of Westland WG.13 Lynx. Some of this aircraft can operate over both the land from the sea. So far, most of the combat helicopters built in Europe benefited from transport capacity, and they would be gone unnoticed on commercial machines. It is only a very recent time that appeared heavily armed and rotary wing shield able to conduct attack missions.
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