Thanks, that was very interesting.

Lou

How many differen A/C used this engine?

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Originally posted by Brice:
How many differen A/C used this engine?

The Merlin or all it variations? Was used extensively by all allied Air Forces. That I know of ... P38, P39, P40, P51, P82, Spitfires, Yak3, Various Anglo Bombers. A lot of stuff I can't remember. Same on the other side. The DB601, DB605, Jumo 211, Jumo 213, BMW 801 etc were used in many platforms.

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Originally posted by Brice:
How many differen A/C used this engine?

Don't forget the awesome Mosquito! It had two. Just saw the Mosquito in the Dayton, OH Air Force Museum. I think they're still cleaning the drool off the floor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

Regarding the mosquito, you can still buy Aerolite wood glue which was used to build them.

Pretty cool IMHO.



Also the father, the DH 88 Comet



Well poop, just looked at Aircraft Spruce and they no longer carry it. Anyway, it is a great wood glue if you can find it.

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Originally posted by Macifej:

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Originally posted by Brice:
How many differen A/C used this engine?

The Merlin or all it variations? Was used extensively by all allied Air Forces. That I know of ... P38, P39, P40, P51, P82, Spitfires, Yak3, Various Anglo Bombers. A lot of stuff I can't remember. Same on the other side. The DB601, DB605, Jumo 211, Jumo 213, BMW 801 etc were used in many platforms.

Not the P-38, and that's a very long story. Very few P-40s and fewer P-39s. Several good reference books are Merlin Power, Allied Aircraft Piston engines, and Not much of an Engineer. The Rolls Royce historical society has several interesting publications on that engine. Agree on the Mosquito as my favorite Merlin powered aircraft. My favorite could have been is the four engined Mosquito, which never got off the drawing boards.

By the by, Ford of England was one of the big producers of Merlins during WWII, about 400 per week. Ford had to redraw the RR drawings because the RR tolerences were "far too wide" for the Ford production system. See "Not much of an Engineer" by Sir Stanley Hooker, pages 58-59. According to Sir Stanley, they were very good engines but for some reason Ford's contribution is not mentioned in the histories of that time.

It also powered a lot of unlimited hydroplanes until turbines started squeezing them out in the '80s.

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Originally posted by Mark:
Regarding the mosquito, you can still buy Aerolite wood glue which was used to build them.

Pretty cool IMHO.



Also the father, the DH 88 Comet



Well poop, just looked at Aircraft Spruce and they no longer carry it. Anyway, it is a great wood glue if you can find it.

Was chatting with a former Me109 pilot a few weeks ago. He said the only thing they couldn't "catch" during the war was the Mosquito.