Turbomeca Arriel 2D to power Eurocopter EC130T2

Turbomeca Arriel 2D to power Eurocopter EC130T2

12-Feb-2012 Source: Turbomeca

A year after launching its new family of Arriel 2 +, Turbomeca (Safran group) today announced that the Arriel 2D, derived from this family and certified in May 2011, will equip the new helicopter EC130T2. The Arriel 2D offers a take-off power 14% higher than the Arriel 2B1 engines, powering the current EC130.

The Arriel 2D, equipping today AS350B3e, was produced in 100 copies and already accumulated 650 flying hours on this unit. Other variants of the Arriel 2 +, the Arriel 2E and Arriel 2N, respectively motoriseront EC145T2 and Eurocopter AS365 N3e.

Lower operating costs, increased reliability and performance even higher

The Arriel family 2 + (from 895 shp to 950 shp power take-off heat) offers the advantages of new technology integrated into a proven engine. The engines of this family include five modules for easy maintenance with low cost. In addition, this new family in better performance for lower maintenance costs. The overall direct cost of operations will also be reduced through an increased time between overhauls (TBO), up to 4000 hours, upon entry into service, and 6000 hours, at maturity.

The control engine Arriel family 2 + is provided by a dual channel FADEC new generation, reference equipment to effectively regulate, a reduced work load for the driver as well as a security. With the new data logger engine and monitoring the natural wear of the blades, advance maintenance now takes precedence over the traditional maintenance. These innovations also reduce drastically the number of unscheduled removals and significantly improve the availability of the helicopter.

The increased thermal power and new design of several components improve performance already high engine and confirm that the Arriel remains the most reliable engine in its class. Since 1978, Turbomeca Arriel engines manufactured 10,000, now broken down into 29 versions. The Arriel recorded a total of 32 million flight hours, carried from the Sahara to Antarctica.

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