Turbomeca Palas

Palas
Sectioned Turbomeca Palas
Type	Turbojet
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Turbomeca
Major applications	Miles Sparrowjet Short SB.4 Sherpa
Developed from	Turbomeca Piméné

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

• Caproni Trento F.5
• Curtiss C-46 Commando (two under the fuselage, first flight in October 1952)
• Curtiss C-46F Commando (two under the wings)
• CVV-6 Canguro Palas
• Douglas DC-3 (as a booster engine)
• Fouga CM-8 R9.8 Cyclope
• Fouga CM-8 R8.3 Midget
• Fouga CM.130
• Ikarus 451
• Ikarus S451M
• Ikarus 452M
• Mantelli AM-12
• Miles Sparrowjet
• Payen Pa 49
• Short SB.4 Sherpa
• SIPA S.200 Minijet
• SIPA S.300
• Somers-Kendall SK-1
• Sud-Ouest Bretagne

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Type: Turbojet
• Length: 1.2 m (47.25 in)
• Diameter: 405 mm (16 in)
• Dry weight: 72 kg (159 lb)

Components

• Compressor: Single-stage centrifugal
• Combustors: Annular with rotary fuel injection
• Turbine: Single-stage with 24 or 25 blades
• Fuel type: Jet A1

Performance

• Maximum thrust: 1.6 kN (353 lbf)
• Overall pressure ratio: 3.95:1
• Air mass flow: 3.2 kg sec⁻¹ (7.05 lb sec⁻¹)
• Turbine inlet temperature: 700°C
• Fuel consumption: 0.117 kg N⁻¹ h⁻¹ (1.15 lb lbf⁻¹ h⁻¹ )
• Thrust-to-weight ratio: 22.2 N kg⁻¹ (2.26 lbf lb⁻¹)

See also

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

1. Gunston 1989, p. 169.

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

External links

• Palas at Minijets.org