Westland Lynx รป Wildcat
Ji hรชla Westland ve hatรฎ รงรชkirin รป ji hรชla Leonardo ve hatรฎ รงรชkirin, helรฎkopterรชn malbata Lynx niha ji hรชla hรชzรชn รงekdar รชn 9 welatan ve tรชne bikar anรฎn: Brรฎtanya Mezin, Cezayรฎr, Brezรฎlya, Fรฎlรฎpรฎn, Almanya, Malezya, Oman, Komara Kore รป Tayland. Zรชdetirรฎ nรฎv sedsalรช, zรชdetirรฎ 500 kopiyรชn hatine รงรชkirin, wekรฎ helรฎkopteran ji bo ลerkirina keลtiyรชn jรชrderyayรฎ, keลtiyรชn rรปvรฎ รป tankan, ji bo pรชkanรฎna mรฎsyonรชn keลfรช, veguhastin รป rizgarkirinรช hatine bikar anรฎn. Rotorcrafta herรฎ dawรฎ ya ji vรช malbatรช, AW159 Wildcat, ji hรชla Avhewaya Deryayรฎ ya Fรฎlรฎpรฎn รป Komara Koreyรช ve, รป her weha ji hรชla Avhewaya Artรชลa Brรฎtanรฎ รป Hรชza Deryayรฎ ya Qral ve tรช bikar anรฎn.
Di nรฎvรช salรชn 60-an de, Westland plan kir ku helรฎkopterรชn giran Belvedere (projeya du-rotor WG.1, giraniya rabรปnรช 16 ton) รป helรฎkopterรชn navรฎn Wessex (WG.4, giraniya 7700 kg) ji bo artรชลa Brรฎtanรฎ รงรชbike. . WG.3 diviya bรป ku ji bo artรชลa ji รงรฎna 3,5 t, รป WG.12 - helรฎkopterek รงavdรชriya sivik (1,2 t) bibe helรฎkopterek veguhestinรช. Ji WG.3 ve hatรฎ pรชลve xistin, cรฎgirรช Whirlwind รป Wasp, ku paลรช bรป Lynx, hate destnรฎลan kirin WG.13. Pรชdiviyรชn leลkerรฎ yรชn sala 1964-an hewce kir ku helรฎkopterek bihรชz รป pรชbawer ku bikaribe 7 leลker an 1,5 ton bar hilgire, bi รงekรชn ku dรช piลtgirรฎ bide leลkerรชn li ser erdรช. Leza herรฎ zรชde 275 km / h bรป, รป rรชje - 280 km.
Di destpรชkรช de, rotorcraft ji hรชla du motorรชn turboshaft 6 hp Pratt & Whitney PT750A ve hate hรชz kirin. her yek, lรช รงรชkerรช wan garantรฎ nekir ku dรช di wextรช de guhertoyek bihรชztir were pรชลve xistin. Di dawiyรช de, biryar hate girtin ku 360 hp Bristol Siddeley BS.900 bikar bรฎnin, paลรช Rolls-Royce Gem, ku li de Havilland hate destpรชkirin (ji ber vรช yekรช navรช G kevneลopรฎ).
Hevkariya wรช demรช ya baล a Anglo-Fransรฎ di pรฎลesaziya hewavaniyรช de รป daxwazรชn mรฎna wan รชn ku ji hรชla artรชลรชn her du welatan ve hatine ferz kirin, bรป sedema pรชลveรงรปna hevpar a sรช celeb rotorcraft, ku di mezinahรฎ รป peywiran de cihรชreng in: veguheztina navรฎn (SA330 Puma), hewaya pispor รป dijรฎ- tank (Lynx pรชลerojรช) รป makรฎneya pir-armanca sivik (SA340 Gazelle). Diviyabรป hemรป model ji aliyรช artรชลa herdu welatan ve bihatana bikirin. Sud Aviation (paลรช Aerospatiale) bi fermรฎ di sala 1967 de beลdarรฎ bernameya Lynx bรป รป ji sedรฎ 30 berpirsiyar bรป. hilberรฎna balafirรชn bi vรฎ rengรฎ. Di salรชn paลรฎn de, hevkarรฎ bรป sedema kirรฎna SA330 Puma รป SA342 Gazelle ji hรชla hรชzรชn รงekdar รชn Brรฎtanรฎ ve (Fransรฎ serokรชn proje รป avakirinรช bรปn), รป firokeya deryayรฎ ya Frensรฎ Lynxes deryayรฎ yรชn Westland wergirt. Di destpรชkรช de, Fransiyan jรฎ dixwestin ku Lynxesรชn รงekdar wek helรฎkopterรชn รชrรฎล รป keลfรช ji bo firokevaniya hรชzรชn bejayรฎ bikirin, lรช di dawiya sala 1969 de artรชลa Fransa biryar da ku ji vรช projeyรช vekiลe.
Balkรชล e ku bi saya hevkariya bi Fransiyan re, WG.13 bรป yekem balafira Brรฎtanรฎ ku di pergala metrรฎkรช de hatรฎ รงรชkirin. Modela helรฎkopterรช, bi eslรช xwe Westland-Sud WG.13 hate binavkirin, yekem car di sala 1970 de li pรชลangeha hewayรฎ ya Parรฎsรช hate pรชลandan.
Hรชjayรฎ gotinรช ye ku beลdarbรปna di pรชลkeftina Lynx de ji hรชla yek ji endezyarรชn Polonรฎ Tadeusz Leopold Ciastula (1909-1979) ve. Derรงรปyรช Zanรฎngeha Teknolojiyรช ya Varลovayรช, ku beriya ลer xebitรฎ, di nav de. Di sala 1939'an de wek pรฎlotรช ceribandinรช di ITL'รช de ew ji Romanya, piลtre Fransa รป di sala 1940'รฎ de ji bo Brรฎtanya Mezin hat derxistin. Ji sala 1941รช ve di beลa aerodรฎnamรฎkรช ya Damezrandina Balafirรชn Qraliyetรช de xebitรฎ รป bi 302 Squadron re jรฎ firiyan. Helรฎkoptera Skeeter, paลรช ji hรชla Saunders-Roe ve hatรฎ รงรชkirin. Piลtรฎ ku pargรฎdanรฎ ji hรชla Westland ve hat girtin, ew yek ji afirรฎnerรชn helรฎkoptera P.1947 bรป, ku bi rรชzikรฎ wekรฎ Wasp รป Scout hatรฎ hilberandin. Karรช endezyar Ciastลa di heman demรช de รงavdรชriya guherandina santrala helรฎkopterรชn Wessex รป Sea King, รป her weha pรชลvebirina projeya WG.531 bรป. Di salรชn paลรฎn de, wรฎ li ser avakirina hovercraft jรฎ xebitรฎ.
Firรฎna prototรฎpa Westland Lynx 50 sal berรช di 21รช Adara 1971รช de li Yeovilรช pรชk hat. Balafira bi rengรช zer ji hรชla Ron Gellatly รป Roy Moxum ve, ku wรช rojรช du firรฎnรชn 10 รป 20 deqeyan pรชk anรฎn, hate rรชve kirin. Ekรฎb ji hรชla endezyarรช testรช Dave Gibbins ve hat rรชve kirin. Firรฎn รป ceribandin ji ber kรชลeyรชn Rolls-Royce li ser rastkirina santrala elektrรฎkรช รงend mehan ji bernameya xweya bingehรฎn dereng mabรปn. Yekemรฎn motorรชn BS.360 ne xwediyรช hรชza ragihandinรช bรปn, ku bandorek neyรฎnรฎ li ser taybetmendรฎ รป taybetmendiyรชn prototรฎpan kir. Ji ber hewcedariya adaptekirina helรฎkopterรช ji bo veguheztina li ser balafira C-130 Hercules รป amadebรปna ji bo operasyonรช di nav 2 demjimรชran piลtรฎ dakรชลanรช de, sรชwiraner neรงar bรปn ku yekรฎneyek tam "kompak" ya beลa hilgirtinรช รป rotora sereke ya bi hรชmanรชn zexmkirรฎ bikar bรฎnin. ji yek blokek titanium. Ji bo ya paลรฎn รงareseriyรชn berfireh ji hรชla endezyarรชn Frensรฎ ji Aerospatiale ve hatine pรชลve xistin.
Pรชnc prototรฎp ji bo ceribandina kargehรช hatin รงรชkirin, her yekรช ji bo cรปdabรปnรช rengek cรปda boyax kirin. Prototรฎpa yekem a bi nรฎลana XW5 zer, XW835 gewr, XW836 sor, XW837 ลรฎn รป ya paลรฎn XW838 porteqalรฎ bรป. Ji ber ku kopiya gewr ceribandinรชn resonansรช yรชn erdรช derbas kir, Lynx-a sor duyemรฎn hilkiลiya (September 839, 28), รป helรฎkopterรชn ลรฎn รป gewr paลรช di Adara 1971-an de rabรปn. Ji bilรฎ prototรฎpan, 1972 balafirรชn pรชล-hilberรฎnรช ji bo ceribandin รป birรชkรปpรชkkirina sรชwiranรช hatin bikar anรฎn, ku ji bo bicรฎhanรฎna hewcedariyรชn wergirรชn paลerojรช - Artรชลa Brรฎtanรฎ (bi pรชlavek dakรชลanรช), Navy รป Firokeya Deryayรฎ ya Aeronavale ya Frensรฎ ( hem jรฎ bi pรชlaveke daketinรช ya bi teker). Di destpรชkรช de, diviyabรป ku heft ji wan hebin, lรช di dema ceribandinan de yek ji otomobรฎlan qeza kir (mekanรฎzmaya dakรชลana dรปvikรช tรชk รงรป) รป yekek din hate รงรชkirin.