Turbomeca Artouste


The Turbomeca Artouste is an early French turboshaft engine, first run in 1947. Originally conceived as an auxiliary power unit, it was soon adapted to aircraft propulsion, and found a niche as a powerplant for turboshaft-driven helicopters in the 1950s. Artoustes were licence-built by Bristol Siddeley in the UK, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India, and developed by Continental CAE in the US as the Continental T51. Power is typically in the 300 kW range.

Variants

;Artouste I:
;Artouste II:
;Artouste IIB:
;Artouste IIC:
;Artouste IIC-5:
;Artouste IIC-6:
;Artouste IIIB:
;Artouste IIID:
;Continental T51:Licence production and development of the Artouste in the United States
;Turbomeca Marcadau:A turboprop variant, the Marcadau was a development of the Artouste II, producing through a 2.3:1 reduction gearbox.

Applications

;Artouste
;Marcadau
A Turbomeca Artouste is on public display at: