Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Arrius

IOC: 1981
Total Production: 2,000

Arrius 2F

IOC: 1997

Origin:France

Contractor/s: Turbomeca

Description: The Arrius is a family of turboshaft engines introduced in 1981 to power a wide range of rotary-wing single and twin-engine aircraft. Over 2,000 engines have been produced by Turbomeca (Safran Group) for 430 customers in 60 countries. These engines have logged more than 2.8 million flight hours so far. This engine family features extreme simplicity design and mainly consists of four basic variants: Arrius 1A/1M, Arrius 2F, Arrius 2B1/2B2 and Arrius 2K1/2K2. Power at take-off ranges from 479-shp to 716-shp.

The Arrius 2F engine was developed to power Eurocopter's EC 120 B Colibri single-engine helicopter. The turboshaft engine builds on centrifugal compressor and power turbine design common to the Arrius engine family. The highly reliable Arrius 2F turboshaft engine is governed by hydromechanical fuel control unit.

Specifications
Dimensions: Height 674 mm, Length 1,352 mm, Width 448 mm

Performance: Time Between Overhaul 2,800 hours

Power: Max Continuous Power 450 shp, Max Power at TakeOff 504 shp

Family Members:
Arrius 1, Arrius 2, Arrius 2B2, Arrius 2G, Arrius 2K1 Applications
EC 120B Colibri Internet Resources
turbomeca.com

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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