Price Induction is a French company which develops and manufactures the DGEN turbofan engines intended for light airplanes (4/6 seats) known as Personal Light Jets (PLJs). The company is based in Anglet and employs over fifty people. Three subsidiaries have been established in Atlanta, GA, USA,Les moteurs basques s'exportent jusqu'aux Etats-Unis, Sud-Ouest, June 2010 São José dos Campos, Brazil and Berlin, Germany.
History
The company Price Induction was founded by Jean and Bernard EtcheparreLes nouveaux paris de Price Induction, Agglo Côte Basque, August 2011 who created and developed the companies Lectra Systèmes et Brigantine Aircraft. In 1996 and 1997 the design of an engine intended for light jets appeared to be a particularly promising subject and analytical studies were started. After three years of preparation which ended with the birth of the DGEN concept, it was decided to launch a development program based on it.
DGEN
The DGEN program aims at developing a family of high-bypass-ratio two-spool unmixed-flow jet engines (turbofans) - the DGEN 380 and 390 - intended to equip 4- to 6-seat aircraft in a twin-engine configuration with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) between 1400 and 2150 kg. The DGEN engines are recognizedPrice induction toujours à la recherche d’un avionneur, Aerobuzz, April 2011 as being the only turbofans designed for the flight envelope of the general aviation (altitude under 25,000 ft, speed under Mach 0,35). The DGEN engines have an architecture typical of the civil aviation's turbofans and integrate innovations such as a geared fan and an "all-electric" concept. DGEN 380 begins endurance testing, Aviation International News, April 2010
The DGEN engine has been exhibited at the Paris Air Show, the General Aviation's Aero Expo in FriedrichshafenPremière à Friedrichshafen pour Price Induction, Aerobuzz, mars 2010 and the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.For the second consecutive year, Price Induction presents its DGEN turbofan
WESTT
Price Induction is the designer and provider of the WESTT family product which was launched in 2010Les écoles d'ingénieurs dans le collimateur de Price Induction, Aerobuzz, mai 2010 and consists in educational and research tools intended for universities and research institutes. Based on the DGEN technology, the WESTT Solutions equip worldwide universities like the ISAE in Toulouse, France, the Brazilian flight school EWM Aviation Ground School,Price Induction Brasil realiza primeira venda de Bancada Digital de Ensaio de Motor Turbofan the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology à Atlanta,The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta Acquires the WESTT-CS/BV Turbofan Engine Virtual Test Bench from Price Induction the Rzeszów University of Technology in PolandPrice Induction plus que jamais positionné sur le marché de la formation and the Civil Aviation University of China.Price Induction s'implante dans la formation sino-française In April 2012, Price Induction signed a commercial agreement with the Chinese aviation corporation AVIC International Holding Corporation.
See also
Geared turbofan
References
External links Price Induction's official website