merlins

Most descriptions of the rushed production of the Spitfire 5 state that the two speed Merlins could not be accommodated because of their extra length. This is of course rubbish since the ever adaptable Spitfire easily accommodated the very much longer two speed two stage Merlins and even the two...

Here is a link to the EngineHistory.Org website. It is a link purportedly by Robert Beal who wrote a book about engines. http://www.enginehistory.org/Packard/StatsAllPackardAero.pdf In this file, about halfway down, it says all the Merlins were DOHC engines! Now, for everyone who has actually...