Small turbojet engine developed in France in the 1950s
The Turbomeca Gabizo was a small turbojet engine produced by Turbomeca from the 1950s. The components were designed to take the stresses of high-speed fighter aircraft with some variants featuring afterburner .
Applications
Specifications (Gabizo)
Data from Flight,[ 1] Aircraft engines of the World 1957[ 2]
General characteristics
Type: Turbojet
Length: 2,083 mm (82.01 in)
Diameter: 670 mm (26.38 in)
Dry weight: 265 kg (584 lb)
Components
Compressor: Single stage axial plus single-stage centrifugal
Combustors : Single annular combustion chamber
Turbine : Single-stage axial
Fuel type: Aviation kerosene / JP-1
Oil system: Pressure spray with scavenge at 3.0 bar (43 psi)
Take-off: 10.79 kN (2,426 lbf) at 18,000 rpm
Maximum continuous: 8.6 kN (1,940 lbf)
TIT: 1,113.15 K (1,544.00 °F; 840.00 °C)
JPT: 923.15 K (1,202.00 °F; 650.00 °C)
See also
Comparable engines
Related lists
References
^ "Aero Engines 1956" (pdf) . Flight and Aircraft Engineer . 69 (2468): 567– 597. 11 May 1956. Retrieved 19 March 2019 .
^ Wilkinson, Paul H. (1957). Aircraft engines of the World 1957 (15th ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. pp. 202– 203.
Further reading
Gunston, Bill (1989). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2nd ed.). Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-163-8 .