In my opinion, the Gazelle is the most beautiful helicopter ever designed. I've had the pleasure to fly in one many times and it's a pilots dream. Reliable, beautifully balanced and just a joy to fly.

@chippyjohn1

Жыл бұрын

That blue makes it look even better.

@craigthebrit1132

7 ай бұрын

100%, they even sound amazing....

hands down the best sounding helicopter ever.

There's just something about the gazelle helicopter, the way it looks , sounds , the power and speed , awesome 🏅

I always loved the distinctive sound of the Gazelle!

Still a good looking helicopter after all these years

If I'm not mistaken, Blue Thunder was a Gazelle, but just with the cabin modified, and the Gatling gun added. I've always thought the Gazelle was one of the best looking helicopters made.

@mhfuzzball

8 ай бұрын

You are not mistaken. Blue Thunder was the first time I'd ever seen a fenestron, and the shriek is an obvious giveaway.

Love the beautiful lines. All the curves in the right places. Old but gold.

I love the looks and sounds of this work of art!

Many years ago, I saw a Gazel towed into the D-Check area. We had perhaps three left in maritime service. I walked right up to it and all around, it is a very elegant design. A very beautiful machine, just like the Mirrage.

The sleek design of the fuselage makes the gazelle an amazing helicopter build to glaze upon. Thanks for the clip.

No helicopter sounds quite like a Gazelle... but an MD 520 Notar, once it flies past you at high speed and the Doppler effect kicks in, produces a very pleasing sound as well.

The French knocked out a stunning little chopper when they came up with the gazelle.

@antr7493

4 жыл бұрын

Little?

@milkeywhey2998

4 жыл бұрын

@@antr7493 looks small

@antr7493

3 жыл бұрын

@@milkeywhey2998 I always considered a MD500(Hughes 500) to be small. This lady has plenty of curves

@kutter_ttl6786

3 жыл бұрын

As helicopters go, the Gazelle is considered a light helicopter. Not as small as the MD500 but still smaller then a UH-1 for example.

yes looking great build the airfix kit of this heli was one of my favs.

And it's even in my color. I know it's not right, but I want to Play the Airwolf theme in the background.

Very nice...! Beautiful lines...! An aircraft you'd be proud to operate...!

My God, such beautiful paint! More of them should be painted like that.

My favorite chopper of all time ! My life goal is to be able to ride in one some day

The Sound of Blue Thunder :-)

@alexbtps1

9 жыл бұрын

Hi... Blue Thunder is actually a modified Gazelle. In fact, for the flying scenes over the city in the movie, two real-with-fake-weaponry Blue Thunder has been built for reliability reasons and a wooden-full-scale-prop has been built for the train collision at the end of the movie. There was as well few RC model for the loop stunt and the scenes with F-16.

@hughes2397

6 жыл бұрын

@@alexbtps1 I was just thinking that this was the helicopter that Blue Thunder was based from.

love that sound!

One of the best helicopter ever designed.

@pipinosymmetric

Жыл бұрын

I concur.

Beautiful Gazelle ! One of the best choppers in history, in my opinion. The top five are : UH1, Gazelle, BO105, Hughes500, Lama.^^

@alanrobertson9371

7 жыл бұрын

I think you have it spot on, Peter.

@daveblevins3322

Жыл бұрын

Correct 💯

@clarenceupton6243

Жыл бұрын

Bell 206, Bell 222, 230 & 430, BK117, A109 Hirondu and the Dolphin helicopter 😊❤👍

@JulianHarriet-jv3vg

Жыл бұрын

My list is Gazelle, MD 530F, H120, AK1-3, R44

Bel hélicoptère et bon son.... nice chopper and nice sound

My favorite helicopter of all time. Such a great video!

@r0b891

8 жыл бұрын

coz of Blue Thunder :P

@HeliPadUSA

8 жыл бұрын

Lymangood Yep...that show is the entire reason I learned to fly a helicopter.

@HeliPadUSA

8 жыл бұрын

Lymangood and of course AirWolf

@r0b891

8 жыл бұрын

Where did you learnt it? :D Nice story :D

@FujisamaProductions

8 жыл бұрын

you should try DCS gazelle

Absolutely *gorgeous* helicopter. Sleek and nice.

My Favorite Helicopter well done.

Ey-Yugoslavia have built those by license in Mostar. Beautiful thing, one of the best heli sounds in flight

brings back some memories...used to get them at our farm, stopping for teabreaks.

They sound so cool. Blue thunder!

Bloody quick checklist review!

Fun Fact: They sampled the Gazelle's sounds for the helicopter in Tomb raider II as Lara Croft jumps out by rope. But the helicopter was the wrong type for the noises of the high pitched Fenestron rotor fan and turbine.

Awesome helicopter, thanks for sharing

Fast rotation from start to lift off and beautiful classic lines

Si un jour je suis millionnaire j'en achète une pour le plaisir 🤣🤣👍 Elle trop belle un des seuls hélicoptère pour le qu'elle ont dit une 👍🙂

What a badass looking exhaust on that thing! That's a fine looking heli!

@ibahkandihin5998

4 жыл бұрын

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WOW!!! What a clean Lift!

His sound is very peculiar!

Some people just have to have the most 'realistic' home helicopter simulator.. GJ buddy, GJ..

Este es uno de mis helicopteros favoritos.

My 2 year old brother loves watching helicopters take off he bursts out laughing when he sees them

@lkhay

8 жыл бұрын

+Ella Brown Then search for my channel listed as lkhay (the profile picture is a Star of Life with the Breast Cancer Ribbon) most of my videos are medical helicopters lifting off.

@abcdef-cf2uk

6 жыл бұрын

Ella Brown That is precious. Bet he becomes a pilot. Godspeed

I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning

Wow love the colour,,

Beautiful ! :)

I love the color of this Gazelle. Excellent Paint Scheme. I'd like to try to match it in DCS.

Muito bonito esse helicóptero.

Damn you Murphy!! (pew-pew-pew!)

That's one pretty bird.

First helicopter I see that has no truck engine sound!

You can always slap a military canopy on this thing and call it Medium Blue Thunder

Wow, beautiful.

I love gazelle helicopters I have some models of gazelles

Gazelle = sexy beast!

Love the turbomeca sound.

en bleu elle est superbe !!

×　Gazelle startup and takeoff ◎　 Gazelle startup and liftup

That same helicopter landed in my grannies garden!!! It was pretty noisy !!

Aah! Excellent, XBDT! THIS is what youtube is for! Well done.

that is a pretty one.

Remember that high pitch sound all over Belfast as a kid...

Gorgeous!!

Awesome..blue thunder was nose heavy due to hollywood add ons..pilots said it..Roy Sheider repeated it..

fantastic helicopter .wowwwwwwww i like it muchhhhhhhhhh

Nice beauty...

Looks like a Peregrine Falcon about to go hunting.

good song!

Fantástic 👍

Hmm "Blue Thunder" 😊😊😊👍👍👍

Into the air! Junior Birdman! Missed me! Ha Ha ha ha! Yeah,watch me!

Nice.🥰

Yes, one minute and 15 seconds for lift off 😁

I Want to Fly

Blue Thunder 😃😃

The typical first generation Fenestron... and the typival sound

Nice!

MASRANI'S HELICOPTER FROM JURASSIC WORLD??!??!!

Blue Thunder Sound.

Good you gained height right away to get above dead mans curve.Do the same whenever possible with my 365.

blue thunder

@nicepush2574

6 жыл бұрын

"Follow my leadahhh".......................

@coryboy345

6 жыл бұрын

*Chah* Catch ya later

@skywarp1

3 жыл бұрын

@@coryboy345 Catch ya later!

Catch ya later!

Blue Thunder

Elle avait un gros problème : On ne pouvait pas laisser le porte ouverte bloquée... Par certains vents, le rotor la tapait !

ブルーサンダーと同じエンジン音だ❗

Ahh, the screaming chicken leg!

@cristinavasile3629

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Austin frf nk

They were the best of the best but the French couldn't supply start cards and fuel pumps fast enough so they sat on the ground too much.

super

isnt blue thunder a modified version of this

@scotpens

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Blue Thunder was basically a Gazelle with a custom-built forward fuselage.

Isn't that what the jokers henchmen were flying in Tim Burton's Batman 1?

@Legoflymaster89

6 жыл бұрын

John Dee yes

Blue Thunder basis

Jet-powered, eh!

@scotpens

7 жыл бұрын

Actually turboshaft powered -- a turbine engine coupled to a gearbox to drive the main rotor and anti-torque (tail) rotor. Most helicopters built since the 1960s have turboshaft engines.

@mrceleb2006

7 жыл бұрын

Some have piston engines, like the Robinson R22 and R44, for example, but the small Mosquito XET helicopter had a turboshaft engine.

Nice

I can think of better ways to burn £50 notes every few seconds.

One fine copter

Took a while to get the rotor spinning. Cold start?

@XBDT

2 жыл бұрын

No the gazelle has a centrifugal clutch, so at idle it does not yet spin the blades.

That a Police of USA SA 342 S1

MI GENERAL

What is the length and width of your helipad?

why did you have the rotor brake on? you could almost hear the compressor stalling.

@pip12111

6 жыл бұрын

velocityflier16 clutch system

@robertvaughn7036

6 жыл бұрын

...or ti not torch the main rotor blade with the incredible heat that's coming out of the exhaust!

wow

Why did it take so long to add fuel

why do the turbines have to spool up for so long before the rotors can start rotating?

@HeliNerd1701

8 жыл бұрын

Gazelles have a clutch that starts the rotors turning only when engaged

@AllanFolm

4 жыл бұрын

The power for the rotor is generated by a separate turbine in the exhaust of the primary turbine. Only when the primary turbine is fast enough, is there enough cooling air to light the fuel without a "hot start", which would damage the engine. Once the fuel is added, the primary turbine speeds up and produces enough exhaust for the power turbine to start dragging the blades around. There is no mechanical connection between the primary turbine and the rotor. It is all done by lots of hot air moving very fast.

@JulianHarriet-jv3vg

Жыл бұрын

​@@AllanFolmI'm gazelle pilot, this is true for Rolls Royce 250 serie engines, but with the gazelle, it has a clutch connected to the throttle overhead, the pilot pushes the throttle forward, which engages the clutch at the same time increase engine RPM... When throttle is pulled engine goes to idle and clutch disengage

Turbomeca Astazou engines??

@stephenrobertson2901

7 жыл бұрын

Yeap, it has a Turbomeca Astazou XIV engine.

@JulianHarriet-jv3vg

Жыл бұрын

​@@stephenrobertson2901XIV is for the SA342M, 342J, 342L.... This one is 341G, it has Astozau IIIA