Turbomeca Turmo III


The Turbomeca Turmo III is a French turboshaft engine developed for helicopter use. A descendant of Turbomeca's pioneering Artouste design, later versions delivered around. A turboprop version was developed for use with the Breguet 941 transport aircraft.
Current versions are built in partnership with Rolls-Royce, and the engine is produced under licence by the Chinese Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works as the WZ-6 and Romanian Turbomecanica, Bucharest, as the Turmo IV-CA.

Variants

;Turmo IIIC:A turboshaft powering the Sud-Aviation Frelon prototypes.
;Turmo IIIC2: Developed from the IIIC delivering maximum output
;Turmo IIIC3: Maximum rating at 33,500 rpm for production Super Frelon helicopters
;Turmo IIIC4:
;Turmo IIIC5:
;Turmo IIIC6:
;Turmo IIIC7:
;Turmo IIID:Turboprop for the proposed Breguet Br 942 STOL transport, maximum rating.
;Turmo IIID2: at 22,460 free turbine rpm
;Turmo IIID3: at 33,500 rpm
;Turmo IVB:
;Turmo IVC:
;Turmo IV-CA:Licence production in Romania
;Turmo VI:Turboprop engine with two axial stages, one centrifugal compressor stage and two free power turbine stages, rated at at 32,000 rpm.
;WZ-6:Licence production at the Changzhou Lan Xiang Machinery Works in the People's Republic of China.

Applications

;Turboshaft
;Turboprop
;Automobile