Inside HAL's HTFE-25 Turbofan Engine (25 kN thrust Hindustan Turbo Fan Engine)

[Skull and Bones]

Pretty impressive job, I believe this is suitable for IJT and later for any HALE UAV.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Pretty impressive job, I believliscence is suitable for IJT and later for any HALE UAV.

We have spent quite a large sum of money to import a Russian Al55 engine and procure licence built engine from.HAL. 1000 of them. With payment for 250 already made. For IJT.


I do hope we use the desi one but then this would go waste.

 

[Harisudan]

Not a bad development at all.. Welcome move I guess.. We intended to develop an engine for combat aircraft but we ended up with an indigenous engine for trainer aircrafts.. Why not.. ?

 

[#hydra#]

Can be used in our future ucavs

We have spent quite a large sum of money to import a Russian Al55 engine and procure licence built engine from.HAL. 1000 of them. With payment for 250 already made. For IJT.
But


I do hope we use the desi one but then this would go waste.

No, it is too big, heavy and too powerful to be used in any cruise missile. Instead Manak mini turbofan will be used in Nirbhay - Manik is an expendable 450 Kgf thrust class Gas Turbine engine. Small turbofan prototypes are performing well. Tested at full throttle. Flight trials 1.5 years away. It has a thrust of 3.73 kN.

The engine that will power Nirbhay cruise missile & other stuff in future: India's Manak mini turbofan. ​

Even thouh its powerfull,Based on SFC value I think it's less fuel efficient than that of the engine used in tomahawk,that may be the reason for less range compared to tomahawk. I may be wrong also.

 

[Indika]

@#hydra# sure but then cruise missile will be of a size of an adult African elephant

err then we can name it as flying dragon .

Not a bad development at all.. Welcome move I guess.. We intended to develop an engine for combat aircraft but we ended up with an indigenous engine for trainer aircrafts.. Why not.. ?

requires constant & consistent r&d to fine tune technology. Its a good thing we do it our selves and build a good technical pool of scientists.

 

[kṣamā]

Good development but can it be used in HALE vehicles.... Big a$$ HALE vehicles?

 

[#hydra#]

Good development but can it be used in HALE vehicles.... Big a$$ HALE vehicles?

US global hawk & tritone spy drones are using similar powerplants, so yeas we can use this in our future UAVs.

 

[sharma1111]

HAL should focus on sub 60 KN engine while GTRE should take up 60 kN+

Guys.. Does HAL 25 Kn engine have afterburner for wet thrust??

 

[HariPrasad]

HAL should focus on sub 60 KN engine while GTRE should take up 60 kN+

Guys.. Does HAL 25 Kn engine have afterburner for wet thrust??

yes generally engines KN is the wet thrust figures. Dry thrust maybe 60 to 70% of wet thrust. In this case it should be 15 to 18 KN.

If they can touch 20 KN than it is excellent.

 

[Agent_47]

US global hawk & tritone spy drones are using similar powerplants, so yeas we can use this in our future UAVs.

Global hawk uses Rolls-Royce AE 3007 with 35Kn

 

[#hydra#]

Global hawk uses Rolls-Royce AE 3007 with 35Kn

As per the report if we want HTFE can be fine tuned to 40+ KN thrust in future.

 

[Harisudan]

HAL should focus on sub 60 KN engine while GTRE should take up 60 kN+

Guys.. Does HAL 25 Kn engine have afterburner for wet thrust??

HAL doesn't have research facility to Design or develop Jet engines.. It should be done by GTRE & ADA..

 

[Oldman1]

Is it possible to use this in our cruise missiles,I mean nirbhay.

You could. If you want an intercontinental cruise missile.

With cruise missile technology improving, wouldn't surprise me if intercontinental missiles come back into the fold.

 

[ni8mare]

@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch can you merge these all threads
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HAL Heritage Centre Inaugurated: Indigenous HTFE-25 KN turbofan engine trial run scheduled today
HAL's 25 kN aero engine completes inaugural run; can be used for trainer aircraft
Parrikar witnesses maiden run of HAL’s 25 kN aero engine.
Boost for 'Make in India': HAL's 25 kN aero engine completes inaugural run; can be used for trainer
HAL’s new aircraft engine HTFE-25 & HTSE-1200
‘A long way to go for HAL’s new aircraft engine’
Parrikar witnesses maiden run of HAL’s 25 kN aero engine