Turbomeca Arbizon

TR281 Arbizon
	Rear-installation on an Otomat missile, protective cover fitted
Type	Turbojet
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Turbomeca
First run	c.1970
Major applications	Otomat
Developed from	Turbomeca Turmo

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.^[1]

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)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83.^[2]

General characteristics

Type: turbojet
Length: 1,361 mm (53.58 in)
Diameter: 405 mm (15.95 in)
Dry weight: 115 kg (253 lb)

Components

Compressor: single-stage axial, single-stage centrifugal
Turbine: single-stage

Performance

Maximum thrust: 3.73 kN (836 lbf) at 33,000 rpm
Overall pressure ratio: 5.5:1
Air mass flow: 6 kg/s (13.2 lb/s)
Specific fuel consumption: 31.44 mg/Ns (1.11 lb/hr/lbf)
Thrust-to-weight ratio: 3.31

References

Notes

Bibliography

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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