Gazelle propeller

[Keith W]

When I bought my Gazelle it had a 3 blade Bolly prop fitted, never flew it with the Bolly on because of the insurance dramas, bought an allsize prop and have been flying with that on, now am able to apply to RAA through MARAP to be able to use the Bolly, what differences will I find if I fit the Bolly and can I change back to the 2 blade if I want, will it be worth the effort to go through MARAP to be able to fit the Bolly, just after some opinions cheers Keith.

 

 

[fly_tornado]

I asked a Pommy mate about this and he said "If it where me I would try it out and then decide if it where worth the hassle". But you didn't hear it from me.

 

 

[Neil_S]

When I bought my Gazelle it had a 3 blade Bolly prop fitted, never flew it with the Bolly on because of the insurance dramas, bought an allsize prop and have been flying with that on, now am able to apply to RAA through MARAP to be able to use the Bolly, what differences will I find if I fit the Bolly and can I change back to the 2 blade if I want, will it be worth the effort to go through MARAP to be able to fit the Bolly, just after some opinions cheers Keith.

Hi Keith,

 

We flew our Gazelle for about 4 years with a 2 blade Bolly, as we bought it like that, then had the old wooden Allsize one refitted when the stink went up a few years ago. I expected to find a noticeable difference, but to be honest I didn't really. Dunno about the 3 bladers I'm afraid.

 

Cheers,

 

Neil

 

 

[Keith W]

Hi Neil thanks for the feedback apparently the 3 blade is a lot smoother in operation than the 2 blade, sorry to see you have gone to the dark side and bought a Savannah, happy flying Keith.