1950s French turbojet aircraft engine
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 ,[1] 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 Douglas DC-3 of Aigle Azur (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".
Specifications Data from Aircraft engines of the World 1953 [2]
General characteristics Type: Turbojet Length: 1,200 mm (47 in)Diameter: 408 mm (16.1 in)Dry weight: 72 kg (159 lb)
Components Compressor: single-stage centrifugalCombustors :Turbine :Fuel type: Jet A1 Oil system: dry sump with Turbomeca gear pump at 3.0 bar (43 psi)
Take-off: 1.6 kN (350 lbf)Max Continuous: 1.27 kN (285 lbf)Cruising: 0.98 kN (220 lbf)TIT: 1,123.15 K (850 °C)JPT: 973.15 K (700 °C)
See also Related lists
References Notes ^ Gunston 1989, p. 169. ^ Wilkinson, Paul H. (1953). Aircraft engines of the World 1953 (11th ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. pp. 162–163. Bibliography Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines . Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
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