Westland Lynx

[whiteladder]

I bought "The Royal Navy Lynx: An Operational History" a week ago and have just got to the end of the section about its involvement in the South Atlantic.  Firstly a great book with first hand accounts from most of the various flight that operated the Lynx during the war.  Secondly, it really makes you want to have a flyable version in DCS, not just for the South Atlantic map, but also the Gulf.

[rkk01]

Great little helo… very much needed for all those lovely ships Raz are making for South Atlantic

Very distinctive sound - always sounded “wound up” / angry.  One of the updated Wildcats flew low over the house last week, still an unmistakable sounding aircraft

would be great to fly one in DCS

Edited December 13, 2021 by rkk01

[whiteladder]

3 minutes ago, rkk01 said:

 

Very distinctive sound - always sounded “wound up” / angry.  

 

Well interestingly in the book it says that one of the things that gave it such high performance was the extremely stiff titanium rotor head, and its compact size was a gearbox that used conformal gear tooth profile, but that these also led to very high vibration levels and high cabin noise (at least in the mk1 and 2) .  It jokingly says you can tell ex lynx pilots and observers apart by which ear they wear their hearing aids in!!

[Grievo]

On 12/13/2021 at 7:49 PM, whiteladder said:

I bought "The Royal Navy Lynx: An Operational History" a week ago and have just got to the end of the section about its involvement in the South Atlantic.  Firstly a great book with first hand accounts from most of the various flight that operated the Lynx during the war.  Secondly, it really makes you want to have a flyable version in DCS, not just for the South Atlantic map, but also the Gulf.

I can also highly recommend SCRAM! By Harry Benson. He flew the Wessex in the Falklands, but the book is a collection of stories from various crews throughout the conflict. Well worth a read.

[G.J.S]

On 2/4/2022 at 7:18 AM, Grievo said:

I can also highly recommend SCRAM! By Harry Benson. He flew the Wessex in the Falklands, but the book is a collection of stories from various crews throughout the conflict. Well worth a read.

This ^^^^.

A fantastic read that’s hard to put down.

[Ozone1]

[joey45]

It'll be a great MOD.

[Rudel_chw]

2 minutes ago, joey45 said:

It'll be a great MOD.

 

@Hawkeye60 has an AI Lynx that I intend to use on my Falklands mission ... it's not perfect but for background AI use its perfect:

 

 

[Hawkeye60]

I know of another in development.

WIP

I will not reveal the author, yet.

He needs to give me permission to do so first.

[flyingscotsman]

My first encounter with a Lynx on exercise in Germany, Paderborn training area, 78-79. We were Orange team, and on top of a hill, nice 3 man team with landrover, happy days. 

Had all the cam out so not easy to spot. Then we heard it.....L O N G time before we saw it, got the LMG ready and could have put the kettle on and made a mug of tea, man it was noisy, they overshot us and came back a few minutes later, you could'nt hear yourself think with it searching for us. Then it legged it. No chance of a surprise attack from that! We put it in our report and were'nt asked to play again. 

[Deathmechanic]

On 8/3/2022 at 2:47 AM, Rudel_chw said:

 

@Hawkeye60 has an AI Lynx that I intend to use on my Falklands mission ... it's not perfect but for background AI use its perfect:

 

 

DO you have a link please?

 

[Rudel_chw]

52 minutes ago, Deathmechanic said:

DO you have a link please?

 

no, sorry, you would have to ask @Hawkeye60