Text 12385, 61 rader
Skriven 2014-02-06 02:33:30 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
  Kommentar till text 12384 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Re: Merlin
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RW> 55,873 of the 168,040 copies of the RR Merlin were produced by Packard in
RW> the US from 1940 on...
 
See where the discussion came from ...
 
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Many of the designs and tools used to build war aircraft by Canada and
Brittian were *American*.
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We started with "the designs were American" ... do not change the subject ....
the Lancaster, Mosquite, Beaufighter, etc etc were totally British "designs".
 
The Rolls Royce Merlin was a British "design".
 
And what the Packard company produced was called a "V-1650" which made the P51
Mustang an interesting airplane.
 
RW> During the Battle of Britain in 1940, the British government decided to
RW> provide licensed production plans to the Americans in the event of
RW> defeat.
 
Wrong. Because their own production capacity wasn't high enough. Licensing is
not exactly the word, they merely outsourced.
 
RW> When was the Battle of Britain over again?
 
October 31 1940.
 
RW> The only two British aircraft that could withstand the performance of
RW> this
RW> engine were the Hurricane and the Spitfire and later the US P-40 and P-51
RW> fighters.
 
Lancasters were fitted with Merlins ...
 
RW> The US oil industry was the only fuel manufacturer that could  produce
RW> the
RW> essential 100 octane vs the British 87 octane of the day to attain the
RW> power needed to overcome the ME-109's increased displacement engines.
 
Actually, the UK was completely self-sufficient during the war for its oil
supplies.
 
Never heard about the Sherwood Forest oil drilling at Eakring? Little known but
the US were not sending tankers to Britain who had all the oil they needed. A
standard production Merlin simply will not run that well on 87, I thought 92
was the lowest available even for cars. Britain had no problem producing the
100 octane.
 
RW> This engine also powered the US P-40s and P-51s, which were a better
RW> match for the ME 109 than the Spitfire.
 
Little known but the Battle of Britain was actually won by Hurricanes,
Spitfires merely got the credit. And the FW-190 was a better plane than the
ME109.
 
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