What is your favorite engine??

[pjc747]

What is your favorite piston engine? Vote for your choice!


edit: (sorry about the name, typo, added merlin & ranger last )

[Killratio]

When viewed from certasin angles and with the requisite blood alcohol content, the Merlin does look like a Radial.

[Pac]

When viewed from certasin angles and with the requisite blood alcohol content, the Merlin does look like a Radial.

Haha!

[Erlk0enig]

If there would have been more "radial engines" for choice like the merlin , my vote would go to the DB605 or Jumo 213 (2-stage, 3-speed compressor).

[markwlee]

Yeh... mine's the Napier Sabre





H24 sleeve valve craziness

[MTFDarkEagle]

+1 for the Sabre!!

(and maybe... thread title? / alternative: wrong poll options ) (j/k)

[pjc747]

Yeah, sorry about the title. I decided that I should add some inline engines, and forgot to change the name. It's fixed now :\

[fentonflyer]

Peoples idea of a Merlin worried me......

Seams very bias to America too.

The Gipsy engines are nice, the Gipsy 6 R engine was awesome for its day.

The Siemens Bramo sounds very nice puuuuurrrrrrsssss.

One of my Favs is the Daimler-Benz V12 from the BF109!

[cflord]

I do like the Merlin, however; I did grow up with the R-3350 as an Air Force mechanic on the EC-121D and AC-119G aircraft.

Keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down!

Ret SMSgt Cliff Lord - C-130 Flight Engineer

[pjc747]

Funny, most people lovet he Merlin because it's placement on the P-51 Mustang. The actual engine is a Packard V-1650 under license by Rolls-Royce.

[alehead]

Depends on where you come from, old boy

Being from Britain, I see the Merlin as a definitive fighter aircraft engine mated with the Spitfire airframe, as with its use in various other forms in British aircraft of the era. It may not have been the best engine of the era, but certainly one of the most famous...

The V-1650 Packard Merlin was the Packard-built version of the Merlin... effectively the Rolls Royce engine built to licence by Packard in the US... simply a Merlin built by someone else under licence as I understood it.

I could be mistaken, but your post may be a little misleading in implying that the Merlin was indeed a Packard engine that Rolls Royce built under licence... then again I could be mistaken as to what you are implying...

I'll get my coat...

Andrew

[VulcanB2]

I see aleheads point.

The Merlin is an entirely British design, designed and built by Rolls-Royce. The engine in the P-51 is the license-built power plant (though apparently some P-51s do actually have Merlins fitted?). EDIT: There were 4 P-51s in the UK designated Mustang X's for R&D by RR using Merlins. The production models used the Packard engine with the RR recommended mods to the aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_V-1650

Best regards,
Robin.

[alehead]

I just thought that the post was a little confusing...

That wikipedia article is one I saw too...

Cheers...

Andrew

[Lewis - A2A]

Yes the Pakard built Merlins were license built, the pakards being made with fewer pieces.

And indeed most know the Merlin from the Spitfire, the sound coupled with the elegance.

[Solareagle]

I like the Griffon engine, but voted merlin since its the closest thing on the list.