Photo Album - Westland 'Lynx' Mk.88

General characteristics

• Crew: 2-3
• Capacity: 8 troops/1,361 kg maximum underslung load
• Length: 13.3414 m including tail-rotor
• Length overall: 15.24 m
• Length folded: 10.85 m
• Width folded: 92.94 m
• Height folded: 3.25 m
• Height: 13.670 m including tail-rotor
• Empty weight: 3,277 kg
• Operating weight:
• ASW mission 4,618 kg (2x torpedo)
• ASV mission 4,373 kg (2x Sea Skua)
• Surveillance and targeting mission 3,708 kg
• SAR mission 3,778 kg
• Max takeoff weight: 5,330 kg
• Powerplant: 2 × LHTEC CTS800-4N turboshaft engines, 1,016 kW each for take-off, 945 kW maximum continuous or 2x Rolls-Royce Gem 42-1 - 746 / 664 kW
• Main rotor diameter: 12.80 m
• Main rotor area: 128.71 m²
• Blade sections: - root: RAE 9648; tip: RAE 9645/9643

Performance

• Maximum speed: 324 km/h
• Range: 528 km
• Combat range: 1,000 km with auxiliary fuel
• ASW 37 km with dipping sonar + one torpedo and 2 hours on station
• Point attack: 232 km with 4x Sea Skua
• Surveillance: 139 km - 3 hours 50 minutes on station
• Endurance: 5 hours 20 minutes with auxiliary fuel
• Disk loading: 202 kg/m² max

Armament

• Naval: 2 x torpedoes or 4x Sea Skua missiles or 2 x depth charges
• Attack: 2 x 20mm cannons, 2 x 70mm rocket pods CRV7, 8 x TOW ATGM
• General: 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Guns (AH.7 and AH.9), 0.50 inch Browning AN/M3M heavy machine guns (HAS.3 and HMA.8)