Could you Put a Merlin in a Zero?

pbehn · Oct 31, 2019

You can put a jet engine in a Lancaster, that doesn't mean its a good idea.

wuzak · Oct 31, 2019

Macandy said:
big long massively heavy crankshaft one an in-line... it's why they died out in favour if radials.

No, that's not why.

Liquid cooled engines died out in favour of gas turbines (jets) in military aviation.

They were never really big in commercial aviation, and being more highly strung and requiring more systems to maintain they were more expensive.

Capt. Vick · Oct 31, 2019

Sure...but where would the pilot sit?

AbitNutz · Nov 1, 2019

Who said the inline's died out in favor or radials? They didn't in Germany. They didn't in Great Britain...the Griffon, the Napier Saber...and many other. The US had all kinds of liquid cooled engines going. What aircooled engines besides the the R3350 and the corncob were in development? Jets killed them all. It was never a factor of radials over inlines.

N4521U · Nov 3, 2019

That would be abitnutz!!!!!!!

tomo pauk · Nov 3, 2019

Macandy said:
big long massively heavy crankshaft one an in-line... it's why they died out in favour if radials.

They did?

swampyankee · Nov 3, 2019

tomo pauk said:
They did?

How many V-12s were in production in 1955?

tomo pauk · Nov 3, 2019

swampyankee said:
How many V-12s were in production in 1955?

I don't know.

wuzak · Nov 3, 2019

Griffon?

swampyankee · Nov 3, 2019

tomo pauk said:
I don't know.

wuzak said:
Griffon?

The Griffin may have been the last aircraft V-12 produced. According to Wikipedia, it went out of production in 1955.

It looks like the Allison V-1710 was out of production by 1951.

The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft R-2800 went out of production in 1960.
The Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone was produced through 1957.
The Alvis Leonides was produced until 1966.

tomo pauk · Nov 4, 2019

swampyankee said:
The Griffin may have been the last aircraft V-12 produced. According to Wikipedia, it went out of production in 1955.

It looks like the Allison V-1710 was out of production by 1951.

The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft R-2800 went out of production in 1960.
The Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone was produced through 1957.
The Alvis Leonides was produced until 1966.

Thank you for the data.

AbitNutz · Nov 4, 2019

They were just the last hangers on till a new generation of something could replace them. Large HP was turbine, small HP seems to be tilted toward liquid toward liquid cooled diesel.

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