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.
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
T53-L-1
T53-L-1A
T53-L-1B
T53-L-3
T53-L-5
T53-L-7
T53-L-11
T53-L-13
T53-L-13B improved L-11 T53-L-701 turboprop variant used on Mohawk and AIDC T-CH-1 T53-L-703 improved durability variant of the L-13B TF12 marine gas turbine fitted to prototype hydrofoil Halobates.Schuegenpflug, Hermann, Wilcoxson, Tony, Luz, Michael (2010). FROM THE JEFF (B) TO THE SSC AND BEYOND, TF MARINE GAS TURBINES A DEVELOPMENT STUDY. Paper Number GT2010-23659. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. p. 2
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 AIDC T-CH-1 (T53-L-701) AIDC XC-2 Bell 204B (T5311A) Bell 205A (T5313B) Bell 205A-1 (T5313B and T5317A) Bell AH-1 Cobra (T53-L-703) Bell UH-1H Iroquois (T53-L-703) Bell XV-15 (LTC1K-4K) Canadair CL-84 Dynavert Doak VZ-4 Eagle Single (T5317A, T5317B, or T5317BCV) F+W C-3605 Grumman OV-1D Mohawk (T53-L-701) Kaman HH-43 Huskie Kaman K-MAX (T5317A-1) Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane Vertol VZ-2 (YT53)
Railway DB Class 210, diesel railway locomotive
Specifications (T53-L-701)
See also
References
External links
Honeywell T53 page Ozark Aeroworks, LLC