Solar T62

Solar T62
Solar T62 engine
Role Small gas turbine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Solar Turbines
First flight 1950s
Primary user United States Army



The Solar T62 Titan is an American gas-turbine engine used mainly as a helicopter auxiliary power unit (APU), ground power generator or helicopter power-plant. A free power turbine version was developed as the Solar T66.

Variants

T62 Titan
The direct drive main production version.
T62T-2
80 hp (60 kW) @ 56,700 turbine rpm for Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook helicopters.[1]
T62T-2A
95 hp (71 kW) @ 56,700 turbine rpm for Boeing-Vertol CH-47B / C Chinook helicopters.[1]
T62T-11
80 hp (60 kW) @ 56,700 turbine rpm for Boeing-Vertol CH-46A Sea Knight helicopters.[1]
T62T-16A1
95 hp (71 kW) for Sikorsky CH-3, Sikorsky SH-3 and Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane helicopters @ 56,700 turbine rpm, with 8,000 and 8,100 rpm outputs.[1]
T62T-27
150 hp (110 kW) @ 61,250 turbine rpm, with 1x 8,000 and 1x 8,216 rpm outputs.[1]
T62T-29
95 hp (71 kW) for Lockheed Jetstar and Pan American Falcon business Jets @ 56,700 turbine rpm, with 1x 8,000 and 1x 8,100 rpm outputs.[1]
T66
A free power turbine version for the US military.

Applications

Auxiliary Power Unit
Turboshaft
Turboprop

Specifications

Data from Bennett[2]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wilkinson, Paul H. (1977). Aircraft engines of the World 1966/77 (21st ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.
  2. ↑ "Solar T62 Titan Gas Turbine". Ian Bennett. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
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