- A
turboshaft engine is a form of gas
turbine that is
optimized to
produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust. In concept,
turboshaft engines are...
- A free-turbine
turboshaft is a form of
turboshaft or
turboprop gas
turbine engine where the
power is
extracted from the
exhaust stream of a gas turbine...
- The
Honeywell T55 (formerly Lycoming;
company designation LTC-4) is a
turboshaft engine used on
American helicopters and fixed-wing
aircraft (in turboprop...
-
family of
turboshaft and
turboprop engines in the 1,500–3,000 shp (1,100–2,200 kW) class. In 1967,
General Electric began work on a new
turboshaft engine...
- rocket-propelled
aircraft exceeds the
speed of sound. 1948: 100 shp 782, the
first turboshaft engine to be
applied to
aircraft use; in 1950 used to
develop the larger...
- variable-geometry
nozzle to
improve efficiency Reduction Gearbox –
reduces power turboshaft speed Development had
started by 1964 with a
contract given to Chrysler...
-
Cobra gunship for the US Army, with one 1,400 shp Avco
Lycoming T53-13
turboshaft. JAH-1G One
Cobra helicopter modified for
armament testing, including...
-
helicopter design,
being one of the
first to be
powered by a
turboshaft. The
turboshaft engine radically improved the
practicality of the
helicopter due...
- Panther.
Early models were
powered by a pair of
Turbomeca Arriel 1M1
turboshaft engines; in 1995,
Eurocopter began offering higher powered versions of...
- also
required to
drive a
helicopter rotor or land-vehicle
transmission (
turboshaft),
marine propeller or
electrical generator (power turbine).
Greater thrust-to-weight...
