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    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...
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    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...
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    1960s. They are free-turbine turboshaft machines with two spools: one compressor/gasifier turboshaft and one power/output turboshaft sharing a common...
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    the J79 was developed as a stationary 10MW-class (13,000 bhp) free-turbine turboshaft engine for naval power, power generation, and industrial use, called...
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    Turbomeca Makila (category 1970s turboshaft engines)
    1801 kW (2415shp) Makila 2A1 Makila 2B Data from Turbomeca. Type: Free-turbine turboshaft Length: 1,836 mm (72 in) Diameter: 498 mm (20 in) Dry weight: 278...
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  • Williams International is an American manufacturer of small gas turbine engines based in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It produces jet engines for...
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    solicited proposals for the 3000 shp Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) free-turbine turboshaft to replace the GE T700 that currently power the UH-60...
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    Rolls-Royce Gnome (category 1950s turboshaft engines)
    Wasp helicopters in August 1959 and March 1960 respectively. A free-turbine turboshaft, it was used in helicopters such as the Westland Sea King and Westland...
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    General Electric T700 (category 1970s turboshaft engines)
    into production in 1978. The initial "T700-GE-700" is an ungeared free-turbine turboshaft, with a five-stage axial / one-stage centrifugal mixed-flow compressor...
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    the rear. The Proteus was a two spool, reverse flow free-turbine turboshaft, because the turbine stages of the inner spool drove no compressor stages...
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  • Thumbnail for Austin 250hp gas turbine
    The Austin 250hp gas turbine was a free turbine turboshaft engine developed by Dr John Weaving at the Austin Motor Company. It was a development of an...
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    Klimov TV3-117 (category 1970s turboshaft engines)
    from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Type: Free-turbine turboshaft Length: 2,055 mm (80.9 in) Diameter: 728 mm (28.7 in) (height)...
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    Foilborne propulsion consisted of two General Electric LM1500 free-turbine turboshaft engines, derivatives of the J79 turbojets used in the F-4 Phantom...
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    General Electric T64 (category 1960s turboshaft engines)
    The General Electric T64 is a free-turbine turboshaft engine that was originally developed for use on helicopters, but which was later used on fixed-wing...
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    Turbomeca Arrius (category 1980s turboshaft engines)
    2R) Data from FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet. Type: Twin-spool free-turbine turboshaft Length: 63 in (1601 mm) Diameter: 17.2 in (436 mm) Dry weight:...
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    Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 (category Mixed-compressor gas turbines)
    that the turbine is directly connected to the propeller. Many variants of the PT6 have been produced, not only as turboprops but also as turboshaft engines...
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    subsonic flight speeds. An extra turbine is also required to drive a helicopter rotor or land-vehicle transmission (turboshaft), marine propeller or electrical...
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  • Thumbnail for Honeywell T55
    The Honeywell T55 (formerly Lycoming; company designation LTC-4) is a turboshaft engine used on American helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft (in turboprop...
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    Rolls-Royce T406 (category 1980s turboshaft engines)
    T56 turboprop from the P-3 and the C-130, with the free power turbine of the Allison T701 turboshaft from the defunct Heavy Lift Helicopter program. It...
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    Turboprop (category Gas turbines)
    RPM/high torque. This can be of two primary designs, free-turbine and fixed. A free-turbine turboshaft found on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6, where the gas...
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  • are a progressive company and that we have great imagination." Free-turbine turboshaft Garrett, Newton & Steeds 2000, p. 679. Norbye 1975, p. 260. Barnard...
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  • General Motors Firebird (category Cars powered by gas turbines)
    The Whirlfire gas turbine engines fitted to the Firebird concept cars and other GM concept buses and trucks are free-turbine turboshaft machines with two...
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    categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston gas...
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  • Thumbnail for Allison Model 250
    M250, (US military designations T63 and T703) is a highly successful turboshaft engine family, originally developed by the Allison Engine Company in the...
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    hotter than the TPE331-14 in the core. It was Garrett's first free-turbine turboshaft, avoiding the high reduction gear of a single spool turboprop and...
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  • Thumbnail for Allison T56 variants
    a 6,000 shp class (4,500 kW) turboshaft engine. primarily based on the T56-A-427, but with a free-turbine turboshaft added to the single-spool engine;...
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    Solar T62 (category 1950s turboshaft engines)
    generator, turboprop engine for fixed-wing aircraft or turboshaft engine for helicopters. A new turbine version was developed as the Solar T66. T62 Titan The...
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  • Thumbnail for Components of jet engines
    turboshaft and turbofan engines have additional turbine stages to drive a propeller, bypass fan or helicopter rotor. In a free turbine the turbine driving...
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    Pratt & Whitney T73 (category 1950s turboshaft engines)
    The Pratt & Whitney T73 (company designation JFTD12) is a turboshaft engine. Based on the JT12A, the T73 powered the Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe and its civil...
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    Turbomeca Turmo (category 1950s turboshaft engines)
    The Turbomeca Turmo is a family of French turboshaft engines manufactured for helicopter use. Developed from the earlier Turbomeca Artouste, later versions...
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