Gazelle startup and takeoff

[@stuartmcloughlin]

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]

That blue makes it look even better.

[@craigthebrit1132]

100%, they even sound amazing....

[@raleighepp5274]

Absolutely love the sound!

[@zakkhuitema3748]

hands down the best sounding helicopter ever.

[@rizwantagari6954]

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

[@DaveWhitmore421]

I always loved the distinctive sound of the Gazelle!

[@fernandoromanjr8827]

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

[@hughes2397]

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]

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

[@leeryan1969]

Still a good looking helicopter after all these years

[@pipinosymmetric]

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

[@envitech02]

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

[@dmlchannel3262]

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.

[@trespire]

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.

[@colinm2056]

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

[@antr7493]

Little?

[@milkeywhey2998]

@@antr7493 looks small

[@antr7493]

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

[@kutter_ttl6786]

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.

[@ericmoi4705]

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

[@swissmach1]

The Sound of Blue Thunder :-)

[@alexbtps1]

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]

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

[@SouperAsH]

Bloody quick checklist review!

[@ysvry]

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

[@moav3658]

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

[@abcdef-cf2uk]

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

[@gordonmccoy4537]

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

[@antr7493]

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

[@cs925]

love that sound!

[@jetfueljp4]

They sound so cool. Blue thunder!

[@jaykincy4694]

My Favorite Helicopter well done.

[@adriatic123]

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

[@robwilkinson8497]

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

[@HeliPadUSA]

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

[@r0b891]

coz of Blue Thunder :P

[@HeliPadUSA]

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

[@HeliPadUSA]

Lymangood and of course AirWolf

[@r0b891]

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

[@FujisamaProductions]

you should try DCS gazelle

[@MyNoah23]

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

[@ibahkandihin5998]

.

[@limolee007]

Fast rotation from start to lift off and beautiful classic lines

[@julianfrancis7968]

Awesome helicopter, thanks for sharing

[@peterschiller2451]

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

[@alanrobertson9371]

I think you have it spot on, Peter.

[@daveblevins3322]

Correct 💯

[@clarenceupton6243]

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

[@JulianHarriet-jv3vg]

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

[@AnOrangeOrange1000]

WOW!!! What a clean Lift!

[@steeltiger5000]

One of the best helicopter ever designed.

[@pipinosymmetric]

I concur.

[@nicolasseric7930]

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 👍🙂

[@cr4yv3n]

Absolutely *gorgeous* helicopter. Sleek and nice.

[@hwoods01]

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

[@mpoyart]

His sound is very peculiar!

[@1ns4ne1d10t]

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.

[@SnowTiger45]

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

[@OOTurok]

That's one pretty bird.

[@latexgate]

×　Gazelle startup and takeoff ◎　 Gazelle startup and liftup

[@iou0]

that is a pretty one.

[@rongeremy6970]

Wow love the colour,,

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

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

[@jetfueljp4]

Love the turbomeca sound.

[@hollywood3222]

I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning

[@DarthVader-1701]

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

[@ellabrown2730]

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

[@lkhay]

+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]

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

[@redspock]

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

[@tsarbomba1]

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

[@nikkirambo]

Wow, beautiful.

[@RJM1011]

Beautiful ! :)

[@marcelodt]

First helicopter I see that has no truck engine sound!

[@mike_van_in]

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

[@austin1839]

Looks like a Peregrine Falcon about to go hunting.

[@uprightchoppers]

Gorgeous!!

[@gustavohenriqueF1]

Muito bonito esse helicóptero.

[@jesusaristizabal1751]

Este es uno de mis helicopteros favoritos.

[@gma683e066736]

Gazelle = sexy beast!

[@wladmirmonteiro9197]

good song!

[@petertarantelli]

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

[@XBDT]

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

[@user-ww7wz2gs4s]

en bleu elle est superbe !!

[@jonwingate5535]

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

[@CMH-aviation]

isnt blue thunder a modified version of this

[@scotpens]

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

[@himzokurtalic5353]

fantastic helicopter .wowwwwwwww i like it muchhhhhhhhhh

[@darryl0173]

What is the length and width of your helipad?

[@markroberts4255]

I love gazelle helicopters I have some models of gazelles

[@christophercarey3232]

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

[@michaelupton3107]

Hmm "Blue Thunder" 😊😊😊👍👍👍

[@Legitcar117]

blue thunder

[@nicepush2574]

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

[@coryboy345]

*Chah* Catch ya later

[@skywarp1]

@@coryboy345 Catch ya later!

[@velocityflier16]

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

[@pip12111]

velocityflier16 clutch system

[@robertvaughn7036]

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

[@miroslavajdukovic1306]

Yes, one minute and 15 seconds for lift off 😁

[@toposenn4540]

Nice beauty...

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Fantástic 👍

[@byteme9718]

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

[@nukka200]

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

[@HeliNerd1701]

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

[@AllanFolm]

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]

​@@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

[@juanpablovillagranatorres4151]

I Want to Fly

[@joeytortice1965]

Nice!

[@ralsei2969]

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

[@dronievoloremoto]

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

[@nicholasskific4795]

how much would one of these cost

[@MichaelAtherton1]

lake fire Nope, about £250,000 - £400,000

[@ReligionIsBULLSHlT]

***** That is an accurate figure.

[@Chuchu_ETV]

u can get one for ~$250k US

[@kurotresinaanka6910]

***** No way..maybe around 120.000 to 150.000 euros...Most likely 120.000

[@kurotresinaanka6910]

120.000 to 150.000e

[@goldenmanuever1176]

Catch ya later!

[@michaelupton8070]

Blue Thunder 😃😃

[@mikkeya3808]

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

[@AllanEvansOfficial]

Why did it take so long to add fuel

[@cyprixx]

Turbomeca Astazou engines??

[@stephenrobertson2901]

Yeap, it has a Turbomeca Astazou XIV engine.

[@JulianHarriet-jv3vg]

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

[@ハム島]

ブルーサンダーと同じエンジン音だ❗

[@deduitsemike5480]

Nice.🥰

[@mrceleb2006]

Jet-powered, eh!

[@scotpens]

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]

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

[@keenxiandreefuego3731]

That a Police of USA SA 342 S1

[@johndee653]

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

[@Legoflymaster89]

John Dee yes

[@r0b891]

Blue Thunder Sound.

[@caseygray6028]

Blue Thunder

[@steveaustin9386]

Ahh, the screaming chicken leg!

[@cristinavasile3629]

Steve Austin frf nk

[@ryanlewis3623]

Ex military?

[@ronantory]

Ryan Lewis ex Irish air corps

[@francoisherbez9437]

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

[@solidlift]

Blue Thunder basis

[@debrawolf3604]

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.

[@silas7518]

Nice

[@sherrysetliff2502]

One fine copter

[@karpar3093]

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