Airfix Westland Navy Lynx Mk8 Helicopter by Airfix from £7.49

An advanced helicopter, the Lynx is the result of a successful Anglo-French partnership which began in 1967 and involved the two largest helicopter firms in Europe. Westland Helicopters in Britain and Aerospatiale in France.
Two basic versions are in production, the Naval Lynx and the Utility or Army Lynx. The naval version is in service with the Royal Navy and overseas customers including France, the Netherlands and Brazil. The role of the maritime Lynx is to find and attack submarines for which it is fitted with a variety of homing torpedoes and anti-ship missiles. To secure the helicopter to a ship's deck a pronged arpon decklock system is fitted beneath the fuselage and engages a grid in the ship's deck.

The Lynx's undercarriage is also designed for deck use, having steerable nose and main wheels to facilitate handling. Lynx's remarkable performance was demonstrated on 11 August 1986 when it set a new world helicopter speed record of 400.87 km/h (240.09 mph). Other overseas users include Argentina, Denmark, Germany, Nigeria and South Korea. In the 1990's versions of the Westland export Super Lynx that entered service with Brazil, Germany, Portugal, South Korea and also with the Royal Navy as the HMA. Mk 8, all featured enhanced avionics and uprated engines and the most noticeable external differences being the new composite main rotor blades, new tail rotor blades, chin mounted search radar and for the HMA. 8 and German versions gimbal mounted thermal imaging turrets above the nose.

The Lynx HMA. 8 is powered by two uprated 920shp Rolls Royce Gem 42-200 turboshaft engines, giving it a cruising speed of 254 km/h (158 mph).Length (rotors turning): 15.24 m (50 ft) Main rotor diameter: 12.8 m (42 ft) Height: 3.67 m (12 ft 0 in).

Colours: 22 24 33 34 60 66 86 126

Brand: Airfix

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Airfix Westland Navy Lynx Mk8 Helicopter Price Details:

Ref	Status	Details	£ UK	€ Euro
AFL03063	IN STOCK	Airfix Westland Navy Lynx Mk8 Helicopter (Scale 1/72)	£7.49	€9.36
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