Program update: Honeywell spotlights the old and new
Honeywell Engines comes to Heli-Expo with five turboshaft models ranging in age from venerable to brand-new and in power from 1,000 shp to 5,000.

Honeywell Engines comes to Heli-Expo with five turboshaft models ranging in age from venerable to brand-new and in power from 1,000 shp to 5,000.

Doug Kult, Honeywell’s director of sales for helicopter and surface systems, told HAI Convention News that the company’s biggest engine, the T55, continues to power the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. The T53, which was the old Huey engine, is not only still around but also back in production as the T53-17BCV. “We’re taking old military assets and putting them through rework. The result is an FAA-certified zero-time engine,” Kult explained. The T53-17BCV is in use on the Eagle single-engine conversion of the Bell 212 to a heavy Bell 205.

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