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Offline beerbellykelly

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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #45 on: January 22, 2010, 11:30:19 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdfO657zHNY&feature=related

well spotted-that was the same guy we had at our troop day-

OZ- were in discussions with the promotor and all the a-hole authorities about the date-aiming at may bank holiday-
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #46 on: January 24, 2010, 01:02:03 PM »
For those of you who want your v-12 sound fix.

http://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/SpitPL965.wmv
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #47 on: January 26, 2010, 09:36:41 PM »
I found a photo on my old computer ,  I hope they show up here from photobucket:




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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #48 on: January 26, 2010, 10:02:12 PM »
Now that might have been a handful. At least it had a solid cage!!! :-D

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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #49 on: May 27, 2014, 02:11:32 PM »
Quote from: RichFox on January 01, 2010, 09:40:12 AM
Don't forget Dave Cox imported that twin Merlin 'liner from down under. It now sits in the desert and the Merlins are for sale.

Rich, did he ever sell the Merlins?
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #50 on: May 27, 2014, 03:37:44 PM »
No idea. You were just there. Should have asked him or George Calaway last weekend. You want to put a Merlin in the '38? Not legal for XXO
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #51 on: May 27, 2014, 03:47:05 PM »
Are we forgetting Art Arfons streamliner with the Allison ran 312 @ speedweek,  :cheers:
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #52 on: May 27, 2014, 04:19:43 PM »
Quote from: 38flattie on May 27, 2014, 02:11:32 PM
Quote from: RichFox on January 01, 2010, 09:40:12 AM
Don't forget Dave Cox imported that twin Merlin 'liner from down under. It now sits in the desert and the Merlins are for sale.

Rich, did he ever sell the Merlins?

FYI, The engines in the Ozzy Glen Davis streamliner were Meteor engines with turbos not blown Merlins.
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #53 on: May 27, 2014, 04:32:13 PM »
Quote from: kiwi belly tank on May 27, 2014, 04:19:43 PM
Quote from: 38flattie on May 27, 2014, 02:11:32 PM
Quote from: RichFox on January 01, 2010, 09:40:12 AM
Don't forget Dave Cox imported that twin Merlin 'liner from down under. It now sits in the desert and the Merlins are for sale.

Rich, did he ever sell the Merlins?

FYI, The engines in the Ozzy Glen Davis streamliner were Meteor engines with turbos not blown Merlins.
  Sid.

  If the centrifugal manufactures would just make a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger we could almost catch up to what the Merlins had 70+ years ago :-o

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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #54 on: May 27, 2014, 04:36:12 PM »
Quote from: RichFox on May 27, 2014, 03:37:44 PM
No idea. You were just there. Should have asked him or George Calaway last weekend. You want to put a Merlin in the '38? Not legal for XXO

Haha! No, I'm not thinking LSR! I don't know who Dave Cox or George Calaway are, and I just read this today, or I would have checked when I was out there.
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #55 on: May 27, 2014, 07:17:46 PM »
Quote from: jl222 on May 27, 2014, 04:32:13 PM
  If the centrifugal manufactures would just make a 2 speed 2 stage supercharger we could almost catch up to what the Merlins had 70+ years ago :-o          JL222
I'm pretty sure all the Merlins used in the Unlimited Hydroplanes are all locked in the higher stage anyhow.

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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #56 on: June 13, 2014, 09:18:17 AM »
Many of the cars that ran "Merlins" didn't. The Merlin was supercharged & pretty complicated. What people like John Dodd ran, were Rolls Royce METEORS, the tank version of the Merlin, & still an impressive 27 litres but running on carbs. How do I know? I bought one, ex-military & still in the box, for £960, about 20 years ago. To impress people I told them it was a Merlin. Here's a pic of mine, originally destined for a Chieften tank. I never did get round to doing anything with it.
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #57 on: June 13, 2014, 09:21:16 AM »
That would make a nice bike motor....  :roll:
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #58 on: June 13, 2014, 09:42:07 AM »
Quote from: Stainless1 on June 13, 2014, 09:21:16 AM
That would make a nice bike motor....  :roll:
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Believe it or not, I bought it to build a trike around. My last trike was powered by a puny Mercedes OHC V8. :-D
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Re: Merlin V12
« Reply #59 on: June 13, 2014, 09:45:39 AM »
Quote from: Stainless1 on June 13, 2014, 09:21:16 AM
That would make a nice bike motor....  :roll:
 :cheers:

or several
http://thekneeslider.com/5000cc-v-twin-motorcycle-engine-for-sale/

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