At 03:35 PM 1/29/00 +1100, you wrote:
>No photos unfortunately. 1640 cubic inch. single overhead cams. V12. Gear
>drive to the cams. 3 or 4 valves per cylinder (I can't remember now), dry
>sump, huge supercharger where the flywheel would be on a normal engine.
>Beautiful.
>
>Foxy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>> >Nah, but I saw the engine for the only flying Spitfire in Australia
>> getting
>> >rebuilt. A thing of beauty.
>> >
Tis true,
My Dad flew Lancasters. Had a mechanical background. Thought the Merlin
required far too much maintenance to keep in the air. His ground crew spent
hours and hours just to keep the thing running. Have heard the same comment
from Spit pilots. Mind you they all thought they were great when they did
run right.
OM Content - expect to be shooting some WW2 restored aircraft in the near
future. May get a chance at a few shots of a Merlin.
Barry H
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