TEI-PD170
Turbo-diesel piston
The TEI-PD170 is a turbo-diesel aviation engine developed under the auspices of the Presidency of Defence Industries for MALE-class unmanned aircraft. It completed its first flight with ANKA on 27 December 2018 and reached the serial-production stage in 2019. The engine has also flown aboard AKSUNGUR and Bayraktar TB3.
Key Features
- •Two-stage series turbocharging
- •Redundant FADEC
- •Power-growth capacity beyond 200 hp
- •3,600-hour engine life
- •Local content above 90%
- •45-hour single-sortie flight record
- •Altitude record above 42,000 ft
Example Platforms
- •TUSAŞ ANKA — Engine's first-flight platform
- •TUSAŞ AKSUNGUR — Platform flight confirmed by TEI
- •Bayraktar TB3 — Platform flight confirmed by TEI
Source Notes
- •The AKSUNGUR and Bayraktar TB3 dates are platform-specific flight milestones, not the engine's overall maiden flight.
- •The official sources do not disclose the first engine-test date.