Pratt & Whitney Canada PW200

The PW200 is a family of turboshaft engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada developed specifically for helicopters, which entered service in the 1990s. Variants include the PW206 series for the MD Explorer, Eurocopter EC135 and Agusta A109 Power, the PW207 series rated at about 572 to 630 shaft horsepower, and the enhanced PW210, which adds dual-channel FADEC, lower fuel consumption and power from 800 to 1,100 shaft horsepower. The engine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor, an annular combustor and a single-stage power turbine, weighs about 107.5 kilograms dry in its base form and is used in helicopters such as the Bell 429 GlobalRanger, the Kazan Ansat and the Sikorsky S-76D.