Lynx heli

[mrloudly]

With the sad events in Afghanistan, I couldn't help noticing the Lynx pics are showing them fitted with wheels. Are they Navy heli's?

[FourWheelDrift]

Lynx mk9 of the Army Air Corps has wheels.

[Fluid]

The mk7 has skids.

[mph1977]

mk 9 urLynx and Wildcat have wheels despite the mk 9 being an 'army' helicopter - the Naval lynx have had wheeled undercarriage from the beginning although the Army versions from mks 1 - 7 had skids

[Deerfoot]

The pictures on the BBC site show the mk 9A aircraft which is significantly different from a mk 9.

[mrloudly]

Never seen one with wheels before, not that I've been looking... Doesn't look right... I bet they slow it down a fair amount!

[Taffer]

mph1977 said:

mk 9 urLynx and Wildcat have wheels despite the mk 9 being an 'army' helicopter - the Naval lynx have had wheeled undercarriage from the beginning although the Army versions from mks 1 - 7 had skids

It should be noted that the wheeled undercarriage of the naval Lynx variants is very different to that on the Mk.9. In addition to the aft wheels being smaller and mounted on sponsons, they are toed-out so that, in conjunction with the deck-securing 'harpoon', the helicopter can rotate into-wind while still securely locked down on deck.

AFAIK the new Lynx Wildcat will have a common wheeled undercarriage arrangement, regardless of Army/RN variant.

Edited by Taffer on Monday 28th April 11:59

[donutsina911]

mrloudly said:

Never seen one with wheels before, not that I've been looking... Doesn't look right... I bet they slow it down a fair amount!

It's a 175 knot helicopter!

[JoeBolt]

Taffer said:

In addition to the aft wheels being smaller and mounted on sponsons, they are toed-out so that, in conjunction with the deck-securing 'harpoon', the helicopter can rotate into-wind while still securely locked down on deck.

Which is also in conjunction with the nose wheels being turned through 90 degrees.

All wheels have to face fore-aft before you attempt to move the aircraft on the ground though. It would be a bit 'heavy-going' otherwise.
Actually, it is also possible to set the main wheels to toe-in. (Not that you'd ever want to). This is because the port and stbd u/c legs on a Naval Lynx are identical assemblies. They can be fitted on either side.

[mph1977]

donutsina911 said:

mrloudly said:

Never seen one with wheels before, not that I've been looking... Doesn't look right... I bet they slow it down a fair amount!

It's a 175 knot helicopter!

there are relatively few helicopters with totally retractable undercarriage - the A109 family and the Dauphin family being the notable examples although there are plenty that have sponson mounted wheels that may partly retract

[donutsina911]

mph1977 said:

donutsina911 said:

mrloudly said:

Never seen one with wheels before, not that I've been looking... Doesn't look right... I bet they slow it down a fair amount!

It's a 175 knot helicopter!

there are relatively few helicopters with totally retractable undercarriage - the A109 family and the Dauphin family being the notable examples although there are plenty that have sponson mounted wheels that may partly retract

Airwolf

[mrloudly]

donutsina911 said:

mrloudly said:

Never seen one with wheels before, not that I've been looking... Doesn't look right... I bet they slow it down a fair amount!

It's a 175 knot helicopter!

Type has gone a lot faster ;-)

http://www.agustawestland.com/news/lynx-world-spee...

Wouldn't do this with wheels hanging in the airflow!