Turbomeca Artouste


The Turbomeca Artouste is an early French turboshaft engine, first run in 1947. Originally conceived as an auxiliary power unit, it was soon adapted to aircraft propulsion, and found a niche as a powerplant for turboshaft-driven helicopters in the 1950s. Artoustes were licence-built by Bristol Siddeley in the UK, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India, and developed by Continental CAE in the US as the Continental T51. Two major versions of the Artouste were produced. The Artouste II family, mainly used in the Aérospatiale Alouette II helicopter, had a one-stage centrifugal compressor and a two-stage turbine, with gearbox-limited power of. The Artouste III family, mainly used in Aérospatiale's Alouette III and Lama helicopters, had a two-stage axial-centrifugal compressor and a three-stage turbine, with gearbox-limited power of.

Variants

;Artouste I:
;Artouste II:
;Artouste IIB, IIB1: for takeoff, continuous
;Artouste IIC, IIC1, IIC2, IIC5, IIC6: for takeoff, continuous
;Artouste IIIB: for takeoff, continuous
;Artouste IIIB1, IIID: for takeoff, continuous
;Continental T51:Licence production and development of the Artouste in the United States
;Turbomeca Marcadau:A turboprop variant, the Marcadau was a development of the Artouste II, producing through a 2.3:1 reduction gearbox.

Applications

;Artouste
;Marcadau

Engines on display

A Turbomeca Artouste is on public display at: