The MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 is a
turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust ...
developed for light helicopter applications by
MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce
MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce GmbH (MTR) is a multinational engine manufacturer established to develop, manufacture, and service the MTR390 turboshaft engine. It is a joint venture between three European aero-engine manufacturers, Germany's MTU Aero ...
(MTR). The engine is designed to power helicopters in the weight range of 5-7 tonnes in both single and twin engine configurations. So far the only application is the
Eurocopter Tiger. Test runs of the MTR390 began in
1989
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and the first test flight was performed in
1991
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. The MTR390 received military certification in May
1996 and civil approval in June
1997
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.
An uprated version, the MTR390-E (Enhanced), is being developed with Spain's
ITP.
Variants
;MTR390-2C
:Production engine
;MTR390-E
:Enhanced variant under development
Applications
*
Eurocopter Tiger
Specifications (MTR390)
See also
References
External links
Official company pageRolls-Royce MTR390 pageTurbomeca MTR390 pageITP MTR390-E page(PDF file in English and Spanish)
{{Joint development aeroengines
1980s turboshaft engines
Centrifugal-flow gas turbine engines