PBS TS100

PBS TS100
TypeTurboshaft
National originCzech Republic
ManufacturerPBS Velká Bíteš
Major applications
Developed fromPBS TP100

The PBS TS100 is a small turboshaft engine manufactured by the Czech company PBS Velká Bíteš. The engine produces up to 180 kW (241 hp). It's intended for unmanned aerial vehicles and light helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of 1,000 kg (2,205 lb).

Design

The TS100 has a gas generator and a separate free power turbine, which drives the output shaft through a reduction gearbox.

The engine has self-contained fuel and lubrication systems, a brushless electric starter-generator and a digital ECU. The ECU adjusts gas-generator speed to maintain a constant output-shaft speed and controls automatic cooling of components after shutdown. The engine can be controlled through an analogue or digital interface.

Maximum continuous power is 160 kW (215 hp), available up to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,560 ft).

Development

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade funded research on the TS100 between 2010 and 2013. The TS100 was based on the TP100 turboprop. Both engines used a gas-generator core derived from the TJ100 turbojet. The project aimed to develop a new reduction gearbox and reduce the engine’s specific fuel consumption.

By January 2022, PBS had supplied a TS100 to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute for the technology-demonstration phase of a hybrid-propulsion research programme.

Variants

The TS100 is offered in two variants with different output-shaft speeds:

Applications

Specifications (TS100ZA)

The engine is 398 mm (15.7 in) high and 330 mm (13.0 in) wide, excluding the exhaust.

Data from PBS

General characteristics

Components

Performance

References

  1. ↑ Aerospace technology (PDF) (Report). PBS Velká Bíteš. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  2. ↑ TS100 Turboshaft Engine (PDF) (Report). PBS Velká Bíteš. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  3. ↑ PBS Velká Bíteš. "Helicopter turboshaft engine TS100". Aerocontact. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  4. ↑ PBS Velká Bíteš. "PBS – Model TS100 – Turboshaft Engine". Energy XPRT. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Aerospace technology (PDF) (Report). PBS Velká Bíteš. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "The development of turbo-shaft engine designated for light helicopters and unmaned aircrafts[sic]". STARFOS. Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Urbanová, Kateřina (10 January 2022). "PBS TS100 engine reaches a new milestone – becomes a part of a development of completely new hybrid propulsion system". ACE – Aerospace Central Europe. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 "TS100 Turboshaft Engine" (PDF). PBS Velká Bíteš. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Ramsay, Rachel (7 July 2022). "A microlight helicopter?". Flyer. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Helicopter VV-2". Softex Aero. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "ACC Thunder Wasp UAV". Uncrewed Systems Technology. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "G-250 Eagle". Avio Solution. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Helicopter turboshaft engine TS100". Aerocontact. Retrieved 25 October 2026.