Drawing: Cobra Drawing: Cobra

GAZELLE (AEROSPATIALE, WESTLAND)

Drawing: Gazelle

GENERAL DATA

Countries of Origin. France, UK.
Similar Aircraft. Alouette II, Alouette III, Scout/Wasp, OH-13 Sioux, Dauphin 2.
Crew. One.
Role. General utility, attack.
Armament. Machine guns, rockets, missiles.
Dimensions. Length: 39 ft, 3 in (11.98 m). Rotor diameter: 34 ft, 5 in (10.6 m).

WEFT DESCRIPTION

Wings. Three-blade main rotor mounted on top of the fuselage at the rear of the cabin.
Engine(s). One turboshaft engine mounted on top of the fuselage and to the rear of the rotor shaft. Prominent, upturned exhaust.
Fuselage. Teardrop-shaped with round, glassed-in cockpit. Tapering tail boom mid-mounted on fuselage. Landing skids.
Tail. Tail fin swept-back and tapered with a square tip. Rectangular flats with small fins. Fan rotor housing is built into the lower tail.

USER COUNTRIES

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gabon, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, People’s Republic of China, Qatar, Rwanda, Senegal, Syria, UK, Yugoslavia.


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