Lynx Rotor Blades ZD559

I know a bloke who bought a set of time expired Hawk wings and used them as part of his houseboat roof.

This wouldnt be in Shoreham would it?

Would that be MOD Lynx only?

Then add all the nations, who have had to replace/rebuild their fleet and you might find that there are close to 100. Which is high for a fairly insignificant aircraft (historically).

AFAIK the Dutch and the Brazilians have “life” upgraded their fleet too, which could add 32 unservicable airframes to the museum circuit.

When you say preserved, I assume that you don’t mean in a museum? I would hazard a guess and say that I would be surprised if museum/gate guard examples were in double figures

Fair Points ,Thanks for the advice,I did suggest to him just sell them one at a time as collectables,but he seemed to think they were worth thousands…I don`t think he would have got them if they were !!

I recently sold a well used un servicable set of Lynx BERP blades on eBay for just over £500, as a guide. Main blades do not come up for sale very often but due to the sheer size & weight it makes them hard to sell as collectable. I was lucky that I had 2 keen bidders and I think the way forward here is to contact the static owners, museums etc and see if anybody needs a really nice set of blades and go from there. I know from the experience of my own project that these are a hard item to source, It took a long while to locate a set of static blades for my Scout Helicopter.
Good Luck

Ok sounds a bit like the usual problem scrap/sell them now because there useless. In 50 years regret scrapping/selling the blades because someone somewhere wants to fly a historic lynx and cant find any blades:):diablo:

Please God, no!:eek:

Ok sounds a bit like the usual problem scrap/sell them now because there useless. In 50 years regret scrapping/selling the blades because someone somewhere wants to fly a historic lynx and cant find any blades:):diablo:

Several FAA and AAC Lynx have been removed from service, stripped of components for the Future Lynx Programme and the bare shells put up for disposal, 2 are currently in the scrap compound at Yeovilton. The idea of replacement airframes such as Brazil, Denmark and Germany was investigated using XZ699 but then abandoned, this airframe was then restored by AGWHL apprentices and donated to the FAAM at Yeovilton

Having been part of the airframe replacement undertaking, I fully understand why the MOD abandoned the idea. Its quite possible, but its the expensive way around.

In Denmark the project was chosen over new helicopters, because they could spread the cost over two military spending budgets (rather than buying new aircraft). One for the airframe replacement and a further (as yet unscheduled) update for the avionics (this is nessesary, because the original avionics pack slowly is going out of production and spares will be short in the future).

Eventually these will become the worlds most expensive helicopters 😎

Britain are furthermore in the position, where purchacing new Lynx helicopters actually strenghten their economy and create jobs ect.

There are plenty preserved.

The original model only had 7000 hours lifetime on the airframe, which means that most Lynx helicopters from before the mid 80’s are no longer servicable (depending of their service life).

I litterally replaced the airframe and rotor system on 6 Danish navy Lynx Mk.80. The airframes were donated to various institutions (mostly museums).

When you replace the airframe and rotor system on any aircraft, you are actually assembling a new aircraft.

I’m pretty sure the British military have been replacing/rebuilding their fleet and thus releasing quite a few airframes from service.

Several FAA and AAC Lynx have been removed from service, stripped of components for the Future Lynx Programme and the bare shells put up for disposal, 2 are currently in the scrap compound at Yeovilton. The idea of replacement airframes such as Brazil, Denmark and Germany was investigated using XZ699 but then abandoned, this airframe was then restored by AGWHL apprentices and donated to the FAAM at Yeovilton

“There are plenty preserved.”

50, to be exact……

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/

Would that be MOD Lynx only?

Then add all the nations, who have had to replace/rebuild their fleet and you might find that there are close to 100. Which is high for a fairly insignificant aircraft (historically).

AFAIK the Dutch and the Brazilians have “life” upgraded their fleet too, which could add 32 unservicable airframes to the museum circuit.

“There are plenty preserved.”

50, to be exact……

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/

It’s of no consequence how he sells them as he acquired them legitimately. It is up to the buyer what they do with them, and with no Lynx flying in private hands they would never find their way back into service anyway. There are controls on this kind of usage.

Now many are preserved?

I shouldnt think many as theyre still in service

There are plenty preserved.

The original model only had 7000 hours lifetime on the airframe, which means that most Lynx helicopters from before the mid 80’s are no longer servicable (depending of their service life).

I litterally replaced the airframe and rotor system on 6 Danish navy Lynx Mk.80. The airframes were donated to various institutions (mostly museums).

When you replace the airframe and rotor system on any aircraft, you are actually assembling a new aircraft.

I’m pretty sure the British military have been replacing/rebuilding their fleet and thus releasing quite a few airframes from service.

Funny isn’t it, how components manufactured for aviation are worth many thousands (or hundreds of thousands) when originally purchased, but when there is no further use for them, are little more than scrap value.

Tell your mate not to get his hopes up. It pays to suss out the market first.

Nice to have as items in their own right, though. I know a bloke who bought a set of time expired Hawk wings and used them as part of his houseboat roof. Perhaps the blades could be used as a sort of avant-garde sculpture in the garden. They’ll not rot anytime soon, for sure.

Can’t see a huge market for Lynx blades, as there are no civillian operators

Now many are preserved?

I shouldnt think many as theyre still in service

Can’t see a huge market for Lynx blades, as there are no civillian operators

Fair Points ,Thanks for the advice,I did suggest to him just sell them one at a time as collectables,but he seemed to think they were worth thousands…I don`t think he would have got them if they were !!

I fully support the advice of David Burke.

Having 200 hours of flying time according to the paperwork, is not the same as being servicable. Also they are most likely not BERP rotor blades, which is used on most Lynx helicopters today.

Furthermore, its unlikely that anyone would ever buy servicable rotor blades on Ebay.

Why would your friend wish to advertise the blades as ‘serviceable’? Nobody in their right mind is going to buy blades like this with any form of certification off EBAY. I would suggest putting the paperwork in the fire so they would only ever be static.