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Turbomeca Arbizon

The Turbomeca Arbizon is a small turbojet engine used to power the Otomat anti-shipping missile. Developed from the Turbomeca Turmo the Arbizon was first made public in 1970 by the French manufacturer Turbomeca, by 1978 the engine had been improved to produce just over 3.5 kN thrust (800 lbf) with a stated service life of 30 hours.

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Applications

  • Miles Student (intended application)
  • Otomat

    • Variants

    Arbizon IIIB
    Initial variant.
    Arbizon IV
    Smaller and lighter variant producing 3.3 kN (741 lbf).

    Specifications (Arbizon IIIB)

    Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83.

    General characteristics

  • Type: Turbojet
  • Length: 1,361 mm (53.58 in)
  • Diameter: 405 mm (15.95 in)
  • Dry weight: 115 kg (253 lb)

    • Components

  • Compressor: Single-stage axial, single-stage centrifugal
  • Turbine: Single-stage

    • Performance

  • Maximum thrust: 3.73 kN (836 lbf) at 33,000 rpm
  • Overall pressure ratio: 5.5:1
  • Air mass flow: 6 kg/s (13.2 lb/s)
  • Specific fuel consumption: 31.44 mg/Ns (1.11 lb/hr/lbf)
  • Power-to-weight ratio:

    • References

    Turbomeca Arbizon Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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