T53-L-1

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The T53-L-1 is an early production variant of the Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine, used primarily to power military helicopters.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
T53-L-1 canonical 1
T53-L-5 1
T53-L-703 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gas turbine engine ⓘ
turboshaft engine variant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs early UH-1 engine variant ⓘ
application military aviation ⓘ
category aircraft engines ⓘ
helicopter turboshaft engines ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designFeature axial-centrifugal compressor ⓘ
free-turbine turboshaft layout ⓘ
developedFrom Lycoming T53 prototype designs ⓘ
linked to: Lycoming T53
engineConfiguration turboshaft ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
family T53 ⓘ
fuelType jet fuel ⓘ
introducedAs early production variant of Lycoming T53 ⓘ
manufacturer Lycoming ⓘ
partOf Lycoming T53 engine family ⓘ
powerClass low-power early T53 series ⓘ
powerplantOf Bell UH-1 Iroquois ⓘ
early UH-1 variants ⓘ
primaryUser United States military ⓘ
successor T53-L-5 ⓘ
later Lycoming T53 variants ⓘ
usedBy United States Army ⓘ
usedFor helicopter propulsion ⓘ
military helicopter propulsion ⓘ
usedInConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
usedInRole medevac helicopters ⓘ
troop transport helicopters ⓘ
utility helicopter operations ⓘ
usedWithAirframe Bell Model 204 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lycoming T53 → notableVariant → T53-L-1 ⓘ
Lycoming T53 → notableVariant → T53-L-5 ⓘ
linked to: T53-L-1
Lycoming T53 → notableVariant → T53-L-703 ⓘ
linked to: T53-L-1