Turbomeca Palas
{{short description|1950s French turbojet aircraft engine}}
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The Turbomeca Palas is a diminutive centrifugal flow turbojet engine used to power light aircraft. An enlargement of the Turbomeca Piméné, the Palas was designed in 1950 by the French manufacturer Société Turbomeca,Gunston 1989, p. 169. and was also produced under licence by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the United Kingdom and Teledyne Continental Motors in the United States as the Continental Model 320.
Applications
File:Douglas DC-3 Aigle Azur Palas Jet 1953.jpg (France) arriving at Manchester Airport on 3 April 1953. It is equipped with a ventral Turbomeca Palas booster jet engine for "hot and high operations".]]
- Caproni Trento F.5
- Curtiss C-46 Commando (two under the fuselage, first flight in October 1952)
- Curtiss C-46F Commando (two under the wings)
- CVV-6 Canguro Palas
- Douglas DC-3 (as a booster engine)
- Fouga CM-8 R9.8 Cyclope
- Fouga CM-8 R8.3 Midget
- Fouga CM.130
- Ikarus 451
- Ikarus S451M
- Ikarus 452M
- Mantelli AM-12
- Miles Sparrowjet
- Payen Pa 49
- Short SB.4 Sherpa
- SIPA S.200 Minijet
- SIPA S.300
- Somers-Kendall SK-1
- Sud-Ouest Bretagne
Specifications
{{jetspecs|
|ref=Aircraft engines of the World 1953 {{cite book |last=Wilkinson |first=Paul H. |title=Aircraft engines of the World 1953 |year=1953 |publisher=Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. |location=London |edition=11th |pages=162–163}}
|type=Turbojet
|length= {{cvt|1200|mm}}
|diameter= {{cvt|408|mm}}
|weight= {{cvt|72|kg}}
|compressor=single-stage centrifugal
|combustion=annular with rotary fuel injection
|turbine=single-stage with 24 or 25 blades
|fueltype=Jet A1
|oilsystem=dry sump with Turbomeca gear pump at {{cvt|43|psi|bar|order=flip}}
|power=
|thrust=
::Take-off: {{cvt|350|lbf|kN|order=flip}}
::Max Continuous: {{cvt|285|lbf|kN|order=flip}}
::Cruising: {{cvt|220|lbf|kN|order=flip}}
|compression=4:1
|aircon= {{cvt|3.1|kg/s|lb/s}}
|turbinetemp=
::TIT: {{cvt|850|C|K|2|order=flip}}
::JPT: {{cvt|700|C|K|2|order=flip}}
|fuelcon=
|specfuelcon={{cvt|1.1|lb/lbf/h|kg/kN/h|order=flip}}
|power/weight=
|thrust/weight=2.20 (take off), 1.79 (max continuous), 1.38 (cruising).
}}
See also
References
;Notes
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;Bibliography
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- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. {{ISBN|1-85260-163-9}}
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://minijets.org/page_palas.php Palas at Minijets.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007005850/http://www.minijets.org/page_palas.php |date=2007-10-07 }}
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