Turbomeca Arbizon

The Turbomeca Arbizon is a small turbojet engine used to power the Otomat anti-shipping missile. Developed from the Turbomeca Turmo the Arbizon was first made public in 1970 by the French manufacturer Turbomeca, by 1978 the engine had been improved to produce just over 3.5 kN thrust (800 lbf) with a stated service life of 30 hours.

Applications

• Miles Student (intended application)
• Otomat

Variants

Arbizon IIIB

Initial variant.

Arbizon IV

Smaller and lighter variant producing 3.3 kN (741 lbf).

Specifications (Arbizon IIIB)

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83., London, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, 1982. .