The MAN Turbo 6022 (also BMW 6022/MTU 6022) is a German gas turbine
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 ...
engine for helicopter use. Designed in the early 1960s by
BMW the engine powered the third prototype of the
MBB Bo 105
The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and the first rotorcraft that could perform a ...
on its maiden flight in December 1967.
Variants
;6022-A1
:Base variant. at 6,000 rpm.
;6022-A2
: at 6,000 rpm. Powered the third prototype Bo 105. Passed 100 hour type test in 1968.
;6022-A3
: at 6,000 rpm. Production engines for Bo 105 with strengthened reduction gear.
Applications
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Dornier Aerodyne
The Dornier Aerodyne (also referred to as "Lippisch-Dornier Aerodyne"KRISTINA KIRKLIAUSKAITE,Lippisch-Dornier Aerodyne: Wingless and tailless aircraft, ''Aerotime,'' retrieved 19 March 2021.) was a wingless VTOL unmanned aircraft. Conceived by Al ...
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MBB Bo 105
The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 is a light, twin-engine, multi-purpose helicopter developed by Bölkow of Ottobrunn, West Germany. It was the first light twin-engine helicopter in the world, and the first rotorcraft that could perform a ...
(third prototype)
Engines on display
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Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg
The Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum) is located in the German town of Bückeburg, 30 miles (50 km) to the west of Hanover. The museum is the sole museum in Germany specialising in rotary-wing flight and one of few ...
Specifications (6022-A3)
See also
References
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1960s turboshaft engines