Turbomeca Arbizon
{{Short description|1970s French turbojet engine}}
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The Turbomeca Arbizon is a small turbojet engine used to power the Otomat anti-shipping missile. Developed from the Turbomeca Turmo the Arbizon was first made public in 1970 by the French manufacturer Turbomeca, by 1978 the engine had been improved to produce just over 3.5 kN thrust (800 lbf) with a stated service life of 30 hours.[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200054.html Flight International, 7 January 1978, p. 69.] Retrieved: 16 March 2015.
Applications
- Miles Student (intended application)
- Otomat
Variants
;Arbizon IIIB
:Initial variant.
;Arbizon IV
:Smaller and lighter variant producing 3.3 kN (741 lbf).
Specifications (Arbizon IIIB)
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|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83.Taylor 1982, p. 730.
|type=turbojet
|length= 1,361 mm (53.58 in)
|diameter= 405 mm (15.95 in)
|weight= 115 kg (253 lb)
|compressor=single-stage axial, single-stage centrifugal
|combustion=
|turbine=single-stage
|fueltype=
|oilsystem=
|power=
|thrust=3.73 kN (836 lbf) at 33,000 rpm
|compression=5.5:1
|aircon= 6 kg/s (13.2 lb/s)
|turbinetemp=
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon=31.44 mg/Ns (1.11 lb/hr/lbf)
|power/weight=
|thrust/weight=3.31
}}
See also
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References
{{Commons category|Turbomeca aircraft engines}}
;Notes
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;Bibliography
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- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83., London, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, 1982. {{ISBN|0 7106-0748-2}}.
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