HAL/Turbomeca Shakti

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The HAL/Turbomeca Shakti (called the Ardiden 1H by Turbomeca) is a turboshaft helicopter engine jointly developed by India and France.

Contents 1 History 2 Specifications 3 Applications 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

HAL and Turbomeca have had a long history of joint industrial helicopter development in India, going back to the 1960s. In 1961, Turbomeca granted a manufacturing license for the Artouste turboshaft engine to equip the Indian Chetak and Cheetah helicopters^[1]. The development of the Shakti/Ardiden 1H project was initiated in 1999 by the two companies to power the HAL Dhruv helicopter. However, several factors including the US embargo following India's 1998 nuclear tests forced the project to run behind schedule. Hence, early models of the Dhruv used the less powerful Turbomeca TM 333-2B2 engine as a contigency. The first test flight of the Dhruv with the new Shakti engine took place on 16 August 2007^[2]. By late 2007, HAL started fitting the Shakti engines for Dhruvs produced from then.

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

• Type: Turboshaft
• Length:
• Diameter:
• Dry weight:

Components

• Compressor: Two centrifugal compressor stages, coupled to a single-stage high-pressure turbine.

Performance

• Power output: 900 kW (1,200 shp)
• Power-to-weight ratio:

[edit] Applications

• HAL Dhruv
• HAL Light Combat Helicopter

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Turbomeca Ardiden
• Turbomeca Ardiden 1H
• Armytechnology.com: Advanced Light Helicopter

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