Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine 1

[drawoh]

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.

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JHG

 

[berkshire]

If it was an early one with a Goblin engine , it would have been a whistling tea kettle

You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.

 

[drawoh]

berkshire,

That is what it sounded like. Definitely not a turbofan.

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JHG

 

[Sparweb]

drawoh,
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

 

[mjr6550]

I would like to know what they are doing around 18:10 in the film. Looks like a hollow pushrod or similar. Are then brazing?

 

[VEBill]

Jay Leno's Garage on YouTube just released a video about his Merlin engine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcKdK7hmEo

PS: He also has a couple of cars with Merlin engines.

 

[dgallup]

That's a great video, he also mentions the Canadian Warplane Museum and their flying Lancaster bomber.

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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