- Turbomeca Palas
The Turbomeca Palas is a diminutive centrifugal flow
turbojet engine used to power light aircraft. It was designed in 1950 by the French manufacturer Société Turbomeca, and was also produced under licence by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the UK andContinental Motors in the US.Applications
The Palas was used on many small jet-powered aircraft, including the
Short Sherpa , Fouga CM130,Miles Sparrowjet ,SIPA S-200 and Caproni Trento F.5 Many of these aircraft were little more than powered gliders.pecifications
jetspecs
type=turbojet
length= 1.2 m (47.25 in)
diameter= 405 mm (16 in)
weight= 72 kg (159 lb)
compressor=single-stage centrifugal
combustion=annular with rotary fuel injection
turbine=single-stage with 24 or 25 blades
fueltype=Jet A1
oilsystem=
power=
thrust=1.6 kN (353 lbf)
compression=3.95:1
aircon= 3.2 kg sec-1 (7.05 lb sec-1)
turbinetemp=700°C
fuelcon= 0.117 kg N-1 h-1 (1.15 lb lbf-1 h-1 )
specfuelcon=
power/weight=
thrust/weight=22.2 N kg-1 (2.26 lbf lb-1)References
[http://minijets.org/page_palas.php Palas at Minijets.org]
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