Turbomeca Palas Explained

The Turbomeca Palas is a diminutive centrifugal flow turbojet engine used to power light aircraft. An enlargement of the Turbomeca Piméné, the Palas was designed in 1950 by the French manufacturer Société Turbomeca,^[1] and was also produced under licence by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the United Kingdom and Teledyne Continental Motors in the United States as the Continental Model 320.

Applications

• Caproni Trento F.5
• Curtiss C-46 Commando (two under the fuselage, first flight in October 1952)
• Curtiss C-46F Commando (two under the wings)
• CVV-6 Canguro Palas
• Douglas DC-3 (as a booster engine)
• Fouga CM-8 R9.8 Cyclope
• Fouga CM-8 R8.3 Midget
• Fouga CM.130
• Ikarus 451
• Ikarus S451M
• Ikarus 452M
• Mantelli AM-12
• Miles Sparrowjet
• Payen Pa 49
• Short SB.4 Sherpa
• SIPA S.200 Minijet
• SIPA S.300
• Somers-Kendall SK-1
• Sud-Ouest Bretagne

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.

External links

• Palas at Minijets.org

Notes and References

1. Gunston 1989, p. 169.