TEI: Turkish helicopter programs will be powered with domestic turboshaft engine and gearboxes

[cabatli_53]

Gökbey will make flight with TEI-TS1500 (1500shp) and Alp aviation gearbox next year. It is using LHTEC-800A generating power of 1350 hp.

TS-1500

This engine will be integrated on T-629 ITAR free attack helicopters having a weight of 6t compared to T-129 Atak (5t).

TEI manager announced that TEI is developing a new heavy class turboshaft engine generating a power of 3000 shp. The name of new engine will be “TS-3000” and This engine will be integrated on 10/12t utility helicopter and Atak-2 attack helicopters.
10/12t attack helicopter Atak-2

Compared to European NH-90 helicopters powered with RTM322 engines generating 2330 shp power, Turkish 10t utility helicopter will have one of the strongest power to weight ratio in its class.

Turkish 10/12t utility helicopter program will be direct competitor of NH-90 helicopters.

TAI manager Temel Kotil stated that Turkish aviation industry with all subcontractors providing strategic components will be inside the league of top-10. He added Turkish helicopter industry with ongoing 6 different helicopter programs will be equal/ahead of European Leonardo within 10 years.

 

[FuturePAF]

Any update on the TS-1500 and TS-3000 engines?

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

TEI boss Prof Dr Mahmut Aksit, a former VP of Turbo-engine R&D group in GE, is imaging TEI after GE that owns 46% of TEI to begin with. Basically, GE formed TEI in 1986 to assemble F-16 engines in Turkey. So, turbo-prop, turbo-shaft and turbo-fan engine projects are progressing in the best engineering principles, practices, reliability, quality and ethics possible....

If folks have trust in GE, Rolls-Royce etc. to produce aero engines they should have trust in TEI too.....

TEI is one of the largest critical rotational turbo-engine parts suppliers for GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, Saffron etc. in the both civil and military sectors....

*Prof Mahmut Aksit is the son of Prof Jevat Aksit, one of the top scholars of Islamic jurisprudence (Fikh) in Turkey
**He has survived several assassination attempts, including poisoning, on his life

@FuturePAF