[alfa6]

With apologies to Da_Shrimp :-)

And here I thought that the post was about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w

regards Merlin engines, thee were many variations of the Rolls Royce merlin engine ranging in horsepower from about 1200 to 1600 HP.

The P-51 Merlin used a Packard built Merlin. Most of the parts from the Packard built Merlins were not interchangeable with the Rolls Royce versions.

One other quick note that when Packard got hold of the drawings and a few Merlins for production purposes, Packard discovered that the Merlins were all most hand built. Packard engineers almost redesigned the engine for mass production which is why the parts did not interchange.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[BroJoeK]

alpha6: "regards Merlin engines, thee were many variations of the Rolls Royce merlin engine ranging in horsepower from about 1200 to 1600 HP."

Thanks, I had no idea, so just now looked it up.
See now where there were more than a dozen variations of the Merlin used in nearly two dozen different aircraft, both British & US, including Spitfires, Lancaster & Mustangs.

You could even say that engine, in it's power & adaptability, was almost, ahem, magical.

;-)

[Da_Shrimp]

“And here I thought that the post was about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w";

Looove that vid. :-)