HAL/Turbomeca Shakti

The Turbomeca Ardiden / Shakti is developed for the drive shaft turbine helicopters of the French company Turbomeca and the Indian manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL ). Following a tradition at Turbomeca, the engine was named after a mountain in the Pyrenees.

History

The engine was developed in 1999, as of February, 2003 in collaboration with HAL and HAL Dhruv comes the Ardiden 1H than for use. The first run was carried out in early 2004, only soil test followed in October 2005. The first flight of the helicopter with the Ardiden engine was on 16 August 2007. Starting in late 2007, the helicopters will be equipped with this engine fitted (previously Turbomeca TM 333- 2B2 ). Approval by the EASA in December 2007.

Specifications

The engines are equipped with two shafts and a reduction gear. The two-stage radial high-pressure compressor is driven by a single stage high pressure turbine. The drive of the output shaft which is designed for 6000 rpm is made by a two stage low pressure turbine. The annular combustion chamber is directed backwards to keep the length of the engine small. The control is effected by a two-fold redundant FADEC system. The Ardiden 1A is to be used at Eurocopter EC155HP , the Ardiden 2K at the Bell / Agusta Aerospace AB139 and the Ardiden 3G Kamov Ka -62 at. As Price 0.5 million U.S. dollars each are given.