On Aug 11, 10:31 am, Don Stauffer in Minnesota
wrote:
On Aug 10, 3:48 pm, Brent wrote:



On Aug 9, 1:11 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:

"woodworker88" wrote in message

ups.com...

On Aug 9, 9:10 am, "SteveB" wrote:
The P51 engine (if that's what it is) would be almost priceless. Heads
or
not.

Steve

I would suggest considering donating that particular gem to an
aerospace museum which would be able to restore it and put it on
display. This piece of history deserves to be out where people can
appreciate it.

IIRC, they used two different engines in the P51: Allison V-1710s in the
early ones, and Rolls-Royce Merlins (mostly Packard-built) in the late ones.

The Merlin was far superior.

--
Ed Huntress

Almost every significant British plane in use in europe in WW2 was
using the Merlin

Before i even start to research

the Merlin was used in Spitfires Hurricanes Lancasters Mosquitos
Mustang P51B and later

Its easier to list the places it was not used in europe than list
where it is used

I hope rolls royce still ahve the designs and patterns to an engine
with that much historical significance

What about the Tempest/Typhoon with its Napier engine? Was that the
Sabre? There were radials on some of the British bombers.Bristol
engines I believe. Also, didn't the RR Griffon come into service
before end of the war? Didn't late model Spitfires use the Griffon?


yes they did. the Griffin was used in production starting w/ the Spit
mk. 9, making the cowling 9" longer and pumped out 1600 hp w/ a 2
stage supercharger(vs. the 1400 hp Merlin). Was quite the surprise
for the germans when suddenly they would see a Spit outrunning/
outclimbing/outmanouvering everything in the sky. apparently
eyeballing the extra 9" in the cowling was a little difficult in a
dogfight, which lead to some very shocked faces and splashed Me's and
Fw's.

I too want to find this guy. trained as a machinist/toolmaker and
just getting out of school, I'm in awe...that project is incredible to
take on in such detail.

mark
ottawa, canada