your right i suppose camerameister,and the mustang with the merlin was very good anyway, so the increase in performance from the griffon was deemed to be not needed
@animalian01 Probably because they used Packard Merlins which were built in the US.
I don't think the US ever built Griffons.
I guess altering the Mustang to take a Griffon wouldn't have been that difficult. A redesign of the engine mounts, a slight lengthening of the fuselage aft of the C of G and trim for anti-clockwise prop. As far as I know, there was at least one Griffon engined Mustang being used for pylon racing in the US.
The Griffon was intended to be one of a group of "interchangeable" 2000hp engines so had to go round the same way as those of Bristol, Napier and Armstrong-Siddley.
The Merlin however was widely used in the States where most engines rotated the same way so it was left alone. Not for the first time what the US wants the US gets!
your right i suppose camerameister,and the mustang with the merlin was very good anyway, so the increase in performance from the griffon was deemed to be not needed
animalian01 6 months ago
always wondered why a mustang wasn't fitted with a griffon
animalian01 6 months ago
@animalian01 Probably because they used Packard Merlins which were built in the US.
I don't think the US ever built Griffons.
I guess altering the Mustang to take a Griffon wouldn't have been that difficult. A redesign of the engine mounts, a slight lengthening of the fuselage aft of the C of G and trim for anti-clockwise prop. As far as I know, there was at least one Griffon engined Mustang being used for pylon racing in the US.
Camerameister 6 months ago
@Camerameister Correct, Precious Metal runs a Griffon.
Sprebound 5 months ago
Oh man!! I want to fly something loud, and fast, and agile... and awesome... (this sure beats the c**p ou of a 300hp C206)
DakotaPilot 1 year ago
great aircraft in any Mk.. any reason why the prop turns in the opposite direction to the Merlin powered one's ??
JOHNO4992 1 year ago
@JOHNO4992
The Griffon was intended to be one of a group of "interchangeable" 2000hp engines so had to go round the same way as those of Bristol, Napier and Armstrong-Siddley.
The Merlin however was widely used in the States where most engines rotated the same way so it was left alone. Not for the first time what the US wants the US gets!
quorneng 1 year ago
@quorneng Why would the direction of rotation be an issue?
swinkyuk 8 months ago
The Seafire or ''Sea Spitfire''..... Griffon engine sound.... OH YEAH!!!!!!!
nanchuanwushu1 1 year ago
What a beauty!
meltdown1232000 2 years ago
Fantastic that lawn mower sound of the Griffon is just brilliant to hear.
spyinthesky 2 years ago
@spyinthesky Lawnmower sound? lol, I wanna see the lawn mowers you've seen :o)
cannissolis 2 years ago
top aircraft love it give us more Pleaseeeeee!!!!
ccc771 2 years ago
I could not tell whether the lens cap was Sony, or Canon
fourfortyroadrunner 3 years ago
john beattie at the controls. this particular seafire was built at westland aircraft in yeovil, just gorgeous and also my screensaver. good video.
buccaneerjet 4 years ago
way cool. wish i had one!
dirtyfrank1986 4 years ago
Nice roll!!!
REI02021809 5 years ago