The Turbomeca Arriel is a series of French
turboshaft engines that first ran in 1974.
[Gunston 1989, p.170.]
Delivering , over 12,000 Arriel engines have been produced from 1978 to 2018, logging more than 50 million flight hours for 40 helicopter applications.
In June 2018, 1,000 Arriel 2D were in service, powering
H125 and
H130 single-engine helicopters, having logged one million flight hours since 2011.
After endurance tests and fleet data analysis, their
TBO increased by 25% to 5,000 hours and mandatory inspection rose to 15 years with no hourly limit, lowering maintenance costs.
The Liming WZ-8 (turboshaft) and Liming WJ-9 (turboprop) are the designations for Turbomeca Arriel production in China. In 2021 Safran opened a production facility in
Grand Prairie, Texas
Grand Prairie is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Dallas County, Texas, Dallas, Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant, and Ellis County, Texas, Ellis counties with a small part extending into Johnson County, Texas , Johnson county. It ...
for production of Arriel 2E engines, which had previously only been produced in France.
Applications
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AgustaWestland AW109
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Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
The Eurocopter, later Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin, originally known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed and manufactured ...
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Eurocopter AS565 Panther
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Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin
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Eurocopter EC130
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Eurocopter EC145
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Eurocopter EC155
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Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
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Harbin Z-9
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Harbin Z-19
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Kopter AW09
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MBB/Kawasaki BK 117
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Robinson R88
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Sikorsky S-76
Specifications (Arriel 1)
See also
References
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External links
Turbomeca Arriel official site
{{Turbomeca aeroengines
Arriel
1970s turboshaft engines