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[Savoia]

Ah oui! René Mouille.

Zishelix also mentioned him on page 3....

[Savoia]

Yes indeed.

Here is a clip from the opening of Brussels Heliport in 1953 where a Sabena S55 was in attendance:



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[xbdt]

I forgot to mention one component of the SAS system. They call it a 'Badin switch'. Once airspeed is about 48kts, the switch disengages the yaw electric...

[Zishelix]

Xbdt - can you say anything about "Jackstall" on the Gazelle as there are lot's of different views. Thnx!

[xbdt]

Jack stall occurs when the manoeuvres are so hard that one or more of the 3 hydraulic actuators (jacks) moving the swash plate simply cannot handle the...

[Zishelix]

Interesting... must be very uncomfortable to experience that in flight.

How about Ground Resonance? I saw this footage on YouTube:
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[xbdt]

Yes I saw this footage and I think it might be my current helicopter.

Ground resonance occurs only with 3 or more bladed helicopters. It...

[Zishelix]

No, it's N341AH c/n 1032 on the footage. The same machine was "acting" in Flood (1976), The Gauntlet (1977) and The Cat From Outer Space (1978)...

[xbdt]

Yes, you are right, must be N341AH also as the lower part of the doors are painted. Mine are clear. N341AS s/n is 1042.

[Zishelix]

Here's what I have on the service history of your Gazelle:

SA.341G c/n 1042 produced in 1973 and delivered as N65146 to Vought Helicopter...

[Savoia]

Interesting stuff!

Ed Tercier obviously missed his Gaz though. He seems to have bought it from Vought, owned it for 5 years .. sold it .....

[Zishelix]

Take into account that this is not "official" data, just my personal information gathered from various sources across the years of my interest...

[xbdt]

According to the IPC, all door versions should be plexiglass, except for the rear doors and maybe the first 2 or 3 prototype gazelles.

Also...

[Savoia]

XB: Are you 100% sure?

I thought that 'some' Gaz's had the roof panels in metal and just the final quarter 'skylight' in plexi. Yes, I know...

[xbdt]

Regarding the history, c/n 1042 was made in Marignane and exported to Vought Helicopters (now Eurocopter USA) in 1973. They used it as a demo ship, added...