The Turbomeca Arriel is a series of French
turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the ex ...
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
The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter designed and initially produced by the Italian rotorcraft manufacturer Agusta. It was the first all-Italian helicopter to b ...
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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
The Eurocopter, later Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. The Panther is used for a wide range of military roles, including combat assault, ...
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Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin
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Eurocopter EC130
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Eurocopter EC145
The Airbus Helicopters H145, formerly the Eurocopter EC145, is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. Originally designated as the ''BK 117'', the H145 is based upon the MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 C1 ...
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Eurocopter EC155
The Airbus Helicopters H155 (formerly Eurocopter EC155) is a long-range medium-lift passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter from its Eurocopter Dauphin, Dauphin family for civil aviation use. It is a twin-engined aircraft and can ...
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Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
The Airbus Helicopters H125, previously the Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, or Squirrel, is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured by the French corporation Aérospatiale, and later by Eurocopter, now Air ...
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Harbin Z-9
The Harbin Z-9 (NATO reporting name "Haitun", ) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese military utility helicopter with armed helicopter, armed variants, manufactured by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. It is a license-built variant ...
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Harbin Z-19
The Harbin Z-19 is a Chinese light reconnaissance/attack helicopter developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Army Aviation. It is a specialized combat variant ...
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Kopter AW09
The Kopter AW09, rebranded in Leonardo AW09, (formerly the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09 and Kopter SH09) is the Leonardo (company), Leonardo small civil helicopter division's five-to-eight seat, single-engine Utility helicopter, multirole ...
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MBB/Kawasaki BK 117
The MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 is a twin-engined light Utility helicopter, utility–transport helicopter. It was jointly developed and manufactured by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of Germany and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kawasaki of Japan. MBB ...
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Robinson R88
The Robinson R88 is a helicopter designed and built by Robinson Helicopter Company. It has ten seats and is powered by a Safran Arriel 2W turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower ...
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Sikorsky S-76
The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size commercial utility helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It is the company's first helicopter specifically developed for the civilian market.
The S-76 ...
Specifications (Arriel 1)
See also
References
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External links
Turbomeca Arriel official site
{{Turbomeca aeroengines
Arriel
1970s turboshaft engines