Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
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Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
This is a fun, post-war film about designing and manufacturing the Rolls Royce Merlin. It turns out that rapid prototyping is not a new concept, albeit, it probably was not very fast. Unfortunately, much of the discussion below is arguments with a couple of trolls.
This is a fun, post-war film about designing and manufacturing the Rolls Royce Merlin. It turns out that rapid prototyping is not a new concept, albeit, it probably was not very fast. Unfortunately, much of the discussion below is arguments with a couple of trolls.
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Dik
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John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
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What you have there is a piece of a much longer film about Rolls Royce , the film was started in 1938 and added to during the war, the piece you have is towards the tail end around 1945 .
I posted the whole film on this forum some time ago, thread769-402400: Rolls Royce historical film on U tube remember it is about an hour and a half long.
But you do get a better picture of the undertaking by watching the whole thing. However ,remember, it is time you will never get back.
B.E.
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https://www.amazon.com/Not-Much-Engineer-Stanley-H...
This is the only biography I have ever read that has brake horsepower curves in it.
STF
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Which not only powered the P-38 but most unlimited hydroplanes through the 1980's.
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
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Packard Merlins went into P-51 Mustangs except for the P51A, and into some Curtis P40s. The P40s got the single stage supercharger Merlins, not the two stage Merlin 60s used in the Mustangs and MkIX Spitfires. P38 Lightnings used Allison V1710s, and they had poor performance at high altitude.
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JHG
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The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
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Of course this has been argued over for 70 years, not looking to re-start it :)
The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
RE: Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
Seems a long time ago now that I was working at a flight test centre in the UK. The rules said the test pilots needed to stay current on at least five aircraft types and we were already well into the era when there often wasn't that number of different types generating trials flying. Most of the TPs got round this by putting hours in on whatever they could borrow from the ETPS fleet, but one of them took a different approach, got friendly with the estate of a property developer who had owned a number of 1930s/40s aircraft (and had, unfortunately, recently died in one of his Spitfires) and made his hours by trials flying in Tornado, display flying in Spitfire, Mustang and Me 109 and doing a bit of both in the Buccaneer.
Cutting to the chase, it was obvious that the two he got most fun out of were the Mustang (in preference to the Spitfire and the 109) and the Buccaneer (over the Tornado).
The thing about the Lancaster is that it has four Merlins and they aren't automatically synchronised. That's a very special sound.
A.
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No argument about the importance of the P-51 once the war moved onto an offensive footing over Germany where its combination of range and firepower was so badly needed.
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The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
RE: Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
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I am spoiled here. I live in the west end of Toronto. ScottyUK's Canadian Lancaster is based in Hamilton, Ontario, where it is owned and flown regularly by Canadian Warplane Heritage. I have seen it fly overhead quite a number of times.
I visited the place when they were visited by a flying DeHavilland Mosquito, and I took lots of pictures. The elderly gentleman giving the speech is Russ Bannock, a WWII Canadian air ace. I do not have photos of the ten Merlin flight because my camera's batteries died. My camera is a Lumix DMC-ZS15. You have been warned!
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JHG
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The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
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Last week, as I arrived at work in Kitchener, Ontario, I heard a weird noise, and I looked up and saw a DeHavilland Vampire fly overhead. Canadian Warplane Heritage has one, but I did not know it was in flying condition.
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JHG
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You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.
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That is what it sounded like. Definitely not a turbofan.
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JHG
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I toured that one myself several years ago (before they got the Lanc flying). It was a rainy day so they didn't roll anything outside, but I had the whole place to myself.
The only guys to talk to were restoring a Bolingbroke (light bomber, used as trainers in WW2, obsolete even then).
Wasn't Russ Bannock the deHavilland test pilot for many years, too?
STF
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcKdK7hmEo
PS: He also has a couple of cars with Merlin engines.
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I drive the QEW through Hamilton every year on my way up to the North Channel. One of these years when I retire and am not driving hell bent for leather I'll have to stop and visit. Airplanes and particularly warplanes are so fascinating.
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