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Lycoming T53

Lycoming T53

Turboshaft helicopter engine

The Lycoming T53, (company designation LTC-1) is a turboshaft engine used on helicopters and (as a turboprop) fixed-wing aircraft since the 1950s. It was designed at the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in Stratford, Connecticut, by a team headed by Anselm Franz, who was the chief designer of the Junkers Jumo 004 during World War II.

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A much larger engine, similar in overall design, became the Lycoming T55 produced by Honeywell Aerospace. The T53 model is produced by Ozark Aeroworks LLC.

Variants

Military designations

Lycoming T53-L-1 turboshaft engine at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, USA
T53-L-1
T53-L-1A
770 hp (645 kW)
T53-L-1B
860 hp (645 kW)
T53-L-3
T53-L-5
960 hp (720 kW)
T53-L-7
T53-L-11
1100 hp (820 kW)
T53-L-13
T53-L-13B
1400 shp (1044 kW) improved L-11
T53-L-701
1,400 hp (1044 kW) Turboprop variant used on Mohawk and AIDC T-CH-1
T53-L-703
1,800 hp (1343 kW) improved durability variant of the L-13B

Civil designations

T5307A
commercial L-7
T5309A
commercial L-9A
T5309B
commercial L-9B
T5309C
similar to T5309A but with L-11 combustion chamber
T5311A
1100 shp (820 kW)
T5313A
1400 shp (1044 kW) commercial variant of the L-13
T5313B
1400 shp (1044 kW) commercial variant of the L-13
T5317A
1500 shp (1119 kW) improved variant of the L-13
T5317A-1
T5317B
T5317BCV
LTC1B-1
LTC1B-2
company designation for L-1A
LTC1F-1
company designation for L-3
LTC1F-2
company designation for L-7
LTC1K-1
company designation for L-5
LTC1K-2
company designation for L-9
LTC1K-2A
company designation for L-9A
LTC1K-2B
company designation for L-9B
LTC1K-4
company designation for L-13
LTC1K-4A
for tilt-wing / tilt-rotor aircraft (Canadair CL-84 Dynavert)
LTC1K-4K
1550 shp (1156 kW) direct drive variant of the L-13B
LTC1K-5
company designation for L-11
Kawasaki KT5311A
Kawasaki production for Fuji-Bell 204B helicopters

Applications

Aircraft

Non-aircraft

Specifications (T53-L-701)

Data from Flight International [4]

General characteristics

  • Type: Turboshaft
  • Length: 58.4 in (1,483 mm)
  • Diameter: 23 in (584 mm)
  • Dry weight: 688 lb (312 kg)

Components

Performance

See also

Related development

Related lists

References

  1. [1]
    "sir roy | roy dobson | managing director | 1955 | 1400 | Flight Archive". Archived from the original on 2017-05-17.
  2. [2]
    "Eagle Single | Airframe Customizations | Eagle Copters". Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Eagle Copters Obtains U.S. FAA Certification for the Eagle Single". Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    Turbine Engines of the World, 1975
  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 132. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
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