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Turbomeca Palouste
The Turbomeca Palouste is a French gas turbine engine, first run in 1952.[1] Designed purely as a compressed air generator, the Palouste was employed for helicopter rotor tip propulsion but was mainly used as a ground-based aircraft engine starter unit.
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Design and development
Designed and built by Turbomeca, the Palouste was also built under license in Britain by Blackburn and Rolls-Royce. Originally conceived as an aircraft ground support equipment starter gas generator it was also used as propulsion for the Sud-Ouest Djinn and other tip jet powered helicopters.
The Palouste was a very simple unit, its primary purpose was to supply a high flow rate of compressed air to start larger jet engines such as the Rolls-Royce Spey as installed in the Blackburn Buccaneer (this aircraft had no on-board starting system).[2] Air from the centrifugal compressor was divided between external supply (known as bleed air) and its own combustion chamber.
Several British naval aircraft were adapted to carry a Palouste in a wing mounted pod installation to facilitate engine starting when away from base.[3]
A novel use of a surplus Palouste engine was its installation in a custom-built motorcycle known as the Boost Palouste. In 1986 this motorcycle broke an official ACU 1/4 mile speed record at 184 mph (296 kmh). The builder modified the engine to include a primitive afterburner device and noted that pitch changes due to braking or acceleration caused gyroscopic precession handling effects due to the rotating mass of the engine.[4]
Applications
Specifications (Blackburn Palouste)
Data from:Hobby Gas Turbines[5]and Flight[6] Template:Jetspecs
See also
Related development
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References
Notes
- ↑ Gunston 1989, p.170.
- ↑ Flightglobal archive - Flight, February 1962 Retrieved: 24 July 2009
- ↑ Flightglobal archive - Flight, March 1965 Retrieved: 24 July 2009
- ↑ The Boost Palouste - jet-pack.co.uk Retrieved: 24 July 2009
- ↑ Palouste/Artouste - Hobby Gas Turbines Retrieved: 24 July 2009
- ↑ Flightglobal archive - Flight, September 1953 Retrieved: 24 July 2009
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
External links
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Lists relating to aviation | |
|---|---|
| General | Timeline of aviation · Aircraft · Aircraft manufacturers · Aircraft engines · Aircraft engine manufacturers · Airports · Airlines |
| Military | Air forces · Aircraft weapons · Missiles · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) · Experimental aircraft |
| Notable incidents and accidents | Military aviation · Airliners · General aviation · Famous aviation-related deaths |
| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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