Merlin Engines mmmmmmm

[tigersaw]

So exited, at about 4pm I'm gonna get my annual fix of merlin engine as we launch the Lanc, Spitfire and Hurricane.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/lancaster.jpg

[shifter]

A thing of absolute beauty!
Nice picture too.
I have an exhaust valve out of a Merlin, its massive!

[stewie]

Cool, I was at Raf Cranwell one day when the battle of britain flight flew over, you could hear em coming from miles away, I asked one of the lads what the sound was ''that , young man, is the sound of freedom'' replied a sargeant stood behind me, best quote I ever heard :D

[DoubleD]

Very nice, some photos of take off if you can, that would be fantastic.

[custard]

love em

thinking about doing this... http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.2135

[ThEGr33k]

They make a sepcial sound... And a MAD amount of power :D

[dizzyblonde]

My other half is at the Lincolnshire Aviation heritage centre today, for a Buell charity day. I think theres a spitfire display today, and theres a Lancaster there too.
I was too sick to go.....sulk

[timwilky]

a good few years ago I knew where there was 6 brand new crated super merlin engines. Trouble was the bloke who owned them also new what he had.


I bet they are worth a fortune

[mattSV]

So exited, at about 4pm I'm gonna get my annual fix of merlin engine as we launch the Lanc, Spitfire and Hurricane.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/lancaster.jpg

Guess they will be on their way to Farnborough - Any chance of sending them via Hedge End? [-o<

[tigersaw]

Guess they will be on their way to Farnborough - Any chance of sending them via Hedge End? [-o<

Yes, and they'll be going VFR, so they could well do.

[Woz]

Very cool. And with a cloudy sky like that, you want to have a mess around with an HDR photo.

[fizzwheel]

:cool:

[northwind]

We see them fairly often here, absolutely brilliant.

On a wee aside,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85jfBxQP4ZI&feature=related

This is what a car with a Meteor (essentially an NA Merlin) in it sounds and looks like. Want.

[dizzyblonde]

well just to really rub it in, I just rang Im Indoors as the Lancaster Taxi was starting up soon...he said ''ere theres someone who wants to say hello to you''.....er ok........

and this little tiny person came on the phone who usually has Larry straped to her back........it were only Lissa, her and Pete had gone on the Duc......






Now thats just made me feel more Ill...........sulk

[tigersaw]

Guess they will be on their way to Farnborough - Any chance of sending them via Hedge End? [-o<

Just had a chat with the crew, (and a crawl all over the lancaster :)), due to crosswinds they don't plan to leave until tomorrow, rough estimate 2pm.

[embee]

On a wee aside,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85jfBxQP4ZI&feature=related

This is what a car with a Meteor (essentially an NA Merlin) in it sounds and looks like. Want.

Following on from that aside.......
this is what a thrown rod looks like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7_bHlQhd8&feature=related

[northwind]

Oil starvation from the wheelie :cool:

[Wideboy]

Guess they will be on their way to Farnborough - Any chance of sending them via Hedge End? [-o<


my house is under the usual flight path soo nerr :smt019


but i wasn't in :smt010

[Lozzo]

So exited, at about 4pm I'm gonna get my annual fix of merlin engine as we launch the Lanc, Spitfire and Hurricane.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/lancaster.jpg

Wow, I see they fit tyre warmers so they don't need to do a warm up lap before giving it stick.

[startrek.steve]

My other half is at the Lincolnshire Aviation heritage centre today, for a Buell charity day. I think theres a spitfire display today, and theres a Lancaster there too.
I was too sick to go.....sulk

Anything on on the Sunday Dizzy?

Steve

[dizzyblonde]

Anything on on the Sunday Dizzy?

Steve

if your asking about the Buell day, it was a european Vtwin festival, raising money for a charity in memory of a lady Buell owner I believe. It was just today

[Bluepete]

I watched a Lancaster flying around over Manchester the other week, I think it was whilst the Queen was here. Superb sight!

[tanis34]

theres nothing like the sound of the merlin engine its sweet

[Lissa]

well just to really rub it in, I just rang Im Indoors as the Lancaster Taxi was starting up soon...he said ''ere theres someone who wants to say hello to you''.....er ok........

and this little tiny person came on the phone who usually has Larry straped to her back........it were only Lissa, her and Pete had gone on the Duc......






Now thats just made me feel more Ill...........sulk

Sorry, Dizz. Would it be really rubbing it in to say it was an excellent day?:D

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Ducatisti%20Pics/lancasterday009.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Ducatisti%20Pics/lancasterday037.jpg

Must admit, when the engines started up it gave me goosebumps, and watching the Lancaster taxi down the runway brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. The sound of freedom indeed. Without them, we might all be riding BMW's!

[Frank]

Sorry, Dizz. Would it be really rubbing it in to say it was an excellent day?:D

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Ducatisti%20Pics/lancasterday009.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Ducatisti%20Pics/lancasterday037.jpg

Must admit, when the engines started up it gave me goosebumps, and watching the Lancaster taxi down the runway brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. The sound of freedom indeed. Without them, we might all be riding BMW's!
Or godforbid Jap bikes:)

[tigersaw]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/lanccockpit.jpg

Not much room inside the cockpit though..

[tigersaw]

Nor do I fancy using the dunny whilst in flight, what with all those rounds whizzing past your right hand side

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/dunny.jpg

[tanis34]

Nor do I fancy using the dunny whilst in flight, what with all those rounds whizzing past your right hand side

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n273/tigersaw/dunny.jpg at least it would scare the s*** out of u lol

[dizzyblonde]

Sorry, Dizz. Would it be really rubbing it in to say it was an excellent day?:D

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Ducatisti%20Pics/lancasterday009.jpg
!

Is that a quarter scale airfix I see there in the background?:batman:shot from a low angle?:smt019







Sorry he made me write it>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Looks like you had a good day!

[Wideboy]

im 4 miles from the airport, herd them fire up, switched the phone onto video and legged it out the front door

stood on my drive i sadly only caught a few second window of the spitfire and hurricane banking over before they disappeared behind the trees

wish I'd gone down there now but i got told off last time for standing on the roof of my car blocking an entrance

truly awesome sound, made the glass in my front door rattle

[tigersaw]

Yup, spitfire and hurricane went first, then the lanc and the pair circled and tucked in behind, you should have seen all 3.
I stood next to runway, have a few pix, but cant upload from work

[Wideboy]

Yup, spitfire and hurricane went first, then the lanc and the pair circled and tucked in behind, you should have seen all 3.
I stood next to runway, have a few pix, but cant upload from work

i was hoping they would go over the house, last time the lanc did it was barely higher than the roof was awesome

when they did the 70th anniversary flight i had spitfires buzzing round all week end, didn't leave the house:)

did you get a vid?

[tigersaw]

did you get a vid?

I took a vid of the Lanc starting up engines, thats all.

Next year come here and watch it if I'm at work.

[Wideboy]

:D yes please

[Sid Squid]

Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane went over my house a year or two back, oooohhhhhhhhhhh - the noise, makes my skin tingle.

theres nothing like the sound of the merlin engine its sweet
Napier Sabre.

[Grinch]

Sweet, I forgot all about the air show.

[Lissa]

Just for the Merlin lovers...............this is the Lancaster we saw on Saturday, although this video was taken earlier in the year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Rh6REKJos&feature=related

[Lissa]

Is that a quarter scale airfix I see there in the background?:batman:shot from a low angle?:smt019







Sorry he made me write it>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Looks like you had a good day!

It was great thanks Dizz. Shame Matt found our 'bag of spanners' so uncomfortable, or he could have tried it out.:(

[dizzyblonde]

It was great thanks Dizz. Shame Matt found our 'bag of spanners' so uncomfortable, or he could have tried it out.:(

he did say, that he'd have liked to have had a go, he rather liked your bike. He was certainly suffering by the time he got back......:smt102
He rode home with another Raptor owner and Ian..........he found a speed he'd not yet got to try out on his, but couldn't keep up due to the naffed rear tyre.

[Lissa]

he did say, that he'd have liked to have had a go, he rather liked your bike. He was certainly suffering by the time he got back......:smt102


Well, once he's had his op, if his hip lets him, he can have a go:D

[dizzyblonde]

Well, once he's had his op, if his hip lets him, he can have a go:D

wow :notworthy:

[rictus01]

Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane went over my house a year or two back, oooohhhhhhhhhhh - the noise, makes my skin tingle.


Napier Sabre.

Hmmmmm, PV12, gorgeous, but I do prefer a twin set (de Havilland Mosquito), wasn't it something like "vulture" Rolls royce's first try at the X24, leading to the Napier Sabre as a development from that ?

Cheers Mark.

[Sid Squid]

Vulture is effectively two Rolls-Royce V12s, (Kestrels?) back to back, so the motor is a sort of 'X' shape with one 'V' upwards and one 'V' downwards. Sabre is an 'H' configuration, two flat 12 motors one above the other geared together, the significant difference is that the Sabre is sleeve valved, huge volumetric efficiency and huge oil consumption to go with it apparently.

Oodles of welly though, later versions of the Sabre made more than 5000hp.
Which is good obviously, but considering fuel prices nowadays running one could be a problem.