Original AS Westland Lynx [Archive]

awj112

March 14th, 2011, 20:18

This is directed mostly to Mal998, Fsafranek or anyone else still associated with Alphasim/Virtavia. Will it be possible to get the original Westland Lynx package either through purchase or download. The Future Lynx package got me thinking...

fsafranek

March 15th, 2011, 00:00

I'll ask Phil about it. It was made by the same developer that did the FS9 only Future Lynx that is now freeware. If something isn't FSX it probably won't be made available for purchase. If I recall correctly it was removed from the catalog when the Future Lynx as released years ago. Apparently it wasn't added to the new freeware page (many haven't been). But until that happens it shouldn't be considered in the public domain. The original author may not have wanted it just given away. Anyway, I'll check with Phil.
:ernae:

fsafranek

March 15th, 2011, 07:29

Checked with Phil and it will be added to the freeware list at some point. A bit busy with another project right now :icon_lol: so it will be a while. Until then it is still considered commercial product.

Both it and the Future Lynx were made by Terry Cooke (aka "LynxPilot" to those who used to fly with the Alphasim crowd in multi-player).
:ernae:

awj112

March 15th, 2011, 10:43

Thanks for checking Frank and thanks all involved with building it.

Jagdflieger

March 15th, 2011, 14:37

Thanks for checking on that Frank. Alphasim has been most generous over the years.

Ferry_vO

March 15th, 2011, 15:39

The AS Lynx is still a pretty nice helicopter, and it was made by a real Lynx pilot.

A few quick screenshots of some model and cockpit variations:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr015-2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr016-1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr017.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr018-2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr019-1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/fsscr020-1.jpg

Desert Rat

March 15th, 2011, 16:49

fsafranek

March 15th, 2011, 20:19

Whilst I like the future Lynx very much and it has a few more click-able bits in the VC (you can start it, etc). The original Lynx is still my fav even with it's lesser VC, it may be a personal thing due to age (grew up with the original) but to me it just has something more, hard to put my finger on it though.

Bought mine long ago and it is one of my all time fav helos, flies like a charm to boot.

Jamie
I recall the designer saying in the beta forum once that he felt he had released it too soon. I'm sure he wanted to include more feature depth. The original should be available before summer I would think.
:ernae:

Ferry_vO

March 16th, 2011, 08:19

Installed a great repaint by Andy Nott (Fs.com) and a sound update by Christoffer Petersen (Avsim.com) to further enhance the Lynx:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Flightsim/TigerLynx.jpg

:)

Z-claudius24

March 16th, 2011, 13:47

Hi,

Myself I'm satisfied with the already freeware LZ Westland AH7-III Lynx .. but will try the defunct Alphasim wen it's free :)

If some interested .. I have almost all choppers of THE LZ (methink no more available ....)

http://i55.tinypic.com/2a5akpv.jpg

johnr

March 16th, 2011, 16:03

Yeah it's really sad about the landing zone, they made very nice and very well animated choppers and for such a reasonable price :-(

Kind regards

John

fsafranek

February 5th, 2012, 21:34

After a long wait the Westland Lynx is now available on the Alphasim/Virtavia freeware site (http://www.easyfly.co.nz/Freeware/index.php?dir=/British).

Westland Lynx AH7 - includes AH9, HAS3 and HMA8, sounds (FS02, FS9)
:ernae:

Hooky722

February 6th, 2012, 02:19

Does anybody know of any Falklands era repaints for the naval version of this aircraft?

Hooky:salute:

AndyG43

February 6th, 2012, 04:02

Does anybody know of any Falklands era repaints for the naval version of this aircraft?

Hooky:salute:

There is a repaint for an HAS3 on HMS Endurance at lightsim (endlynx.zip), don't know whether it is pre- or post-Falklands though. Very few repaints out there, as far as I can recall, so plenty of scope for repainters now it is freeware.

awj112

February 6th, 2012, 05:55

Looking forward to mating Christofer Petersen's soundset to it. Thanks for the heads up.

ian elliot

February 6th, 2012, 08:20

What a great helo, i can actually fly it :applause:
cheers ian

Blackbird686

February 7th, 2012, 07:36

Not to mention FAST! Very impressive for a helicopter. I too bought the model a while ago, and it still gets lots of "sim-time".

BB686:USA-flag:

AndyG43

February 7th, 2012, 09:23

Not to mention FAST!

Still the official * holder of the Helicopter World Speed Record, and has been since 1986.

(* Before anybody starts, the Sikorsky X2 has yet to make an official world record bid)

Matt Wynn

February 7th, 2012, 09:29

Still the official * holder of the Helicopter World Speed Record, and has been since 1986.

(* Before anybody starts, the Sikorsky X2 has yet to make an official world record bid)

and technically the X2 isn't a helicopter :icon_lol:

OleBoy

February 7th, 2012, 14:33

The Westland Lynx, in my opinion, has excellent flight dynamics. From day one of flying this one years ago, this is one of the fastest, most responsive helicopters I ever flew in flightsim. Also, I was always impressed with the included sounds. I never heard the real thing, but to me, the sounds just fit in relation to the way it flew :salute:

I'd like to think that this one would be something that's done for FSX. I'm surprised it hasn't been already. If it were, whoever developed it, would have a hard time matching the quality of the FDE.

Out of all the Alphasim helicopters I have, this one sat front row center on flight dynamics.

awj112

February 7th, 2012, 15:57

Plug to Christoffer Petersen: I just picked up the TSS Lynx sound set from sim market. Have not had a chance to try them out but I figure $10 US for a sound set for several helicopters is good value for money.

Blackbird686

February 10th, 2012, 11:05

I've plugged in the sound update by Christoffer Petersen and they are very nice. I have just discovered something about this helo... once you shut it down, you can't re-start it. at least not with the "Control-E" command. Anyone know of another way.... just in case I wanted to start a flight from a cold start?

Funny, I have owned the Lynx all this time and just now found out about this little hiccup. :banghead:

EDIT: Nevermind... I fixed the problem. Had a different sound file I was using and forgot to change the aircraft.cfg back to work with Christoffer's sound update.

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