No different than an antique engine display at a county fair. It's a hobby, and the engines are dwindling in numbers. Also, it's the only way to get an up close look at the intricate hardware since public access is restricted at airshows for safety. Many of the ground engines are made from parts that can't be inspected and certified for flight anymore, so the purpose is to preserve them on the ground.
@cdmikelis The point being, the purpose is like listening to Dean Martin, he certainly does not SERVE a purpose now, except for a potting plant, but the sound cannot be repeated.... Somethings you just cannot put back the way it should be. Just like an 85 year old man getting a 20 something girl, take it out and turn it over a few times and then put it back so nobody at touch it.
I want one of these on a trailer so when a boy racer ends up next to me with a 1.2 and a pathetically big exhaust I can show him what a real engine sounds like..
@Blaze0357 The Tu-95 "Bear" and Tu-114 "Moss" used Klimov turboprop engines.They remain the most powerful engine of their type ever installed in a service aircraft.Their props gave off an ear-splitting shriek that we could hear long before the plane itself came into view.I'm sure former crew members are quite deaf as the aircraft had little or no soundproofing in the cockpit and surviellance operators stations.
@FiveCentsPlease I'm not questioning the structural integrity of the trailers, just the aesthetics- they look like generator trailers you can hire from A-plant or HSS!!! If you've got something as special as a Rolls Royce Merlin or Griffon engine (which spent eight years in restoration!), then you would want to mount it on a trailer that would visually compliment the engine and not on one with awful plastic wheel trims!!! Am I the only one out there who has an eye for detail?
My dad runs a RR Meteor from a Centurion tank and he feels the same, he scratch built his own trailer specifically for the engine and it works wonders. Big robust frame and big chunky tires (tractor tires im pretty sure)
Takes it to shows with a rebuilt Fordson Major containing a V-8 engine from a Dodge fire engine, beast of a thing.
I believe the reduction gear ratio off of the crankshaft is 0.4424:1, so just under half the crank speed. These props have been cut down shorter and have less mass and they aren't going to run these engines at high power settings without a full load because that will cause damage.
One propeller shaft inside the other, which is hollow. Aircraft props are usually not directly connected to the crankshaft, but are geared to rotate at a lower speed. An idler gear arrangement turns the other prop in the opposite direction. This wasn't perfected until the end of the war.
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@reallygreatlife - note the outrigger/jacks in contact with the ground on the back of both trailers, and the trailer tongues on the ground behind the operators. There's not room on the trailers for full size prop's, otherwise they probably would topple right over when the engines are cranked up.
In the decades after the war, these surplus engines were used in unusual applications such as wind tunnel fans and even fruit orchards where they moved the air around during cold temps to keep the frost from damaging the fruit. So they have been used as fans from time to time.
@spinlessbastard1 no no it is looped with a audio software on am mp3 file, and i play on my car stereo from USB flash drive it when i pedal to the metal on the open road :) you should see the faces on the pay toll on the highway :D:D when i exit with the sound on full on my 1200 watt audio :D
@RadulescuBogdan Try runnin' an 8V71 Detroit diesel. You'd really turn some ears and heads too. Now making your car/truck sound like this? Ohhhh yeaahhhh!
@newtongrace all in the pitch of the props as well as chocking the wheels of the trailer.the pitch of the prop creates different thrust,if its a low pitch its not gonna produce as much thrust as a higher pitch
I was at RAF Coningsby in 04, & they were running up the Spitfires. Suddenly, from behind me there was this huge NOISE, and I didn't even turn around at first, just said "That's got to be a Griffon"
@bowman2062 the yanks turned up well and truly after it was started, and they never provided help during the battle of britain which I have to say sure we nearly lost the aie superiority had it not been for hitlers or his lessers to have indecision to continue the bombing, and the yanks war continued on mostly due to their reducing resources to japan and when I say We I include all Allies that were involved in the struggle for good, even the turncoat spaggetti munchers.
@bowman2062 and I do know there were polish spitfire fighter pilots in 303 sqaudron helping us out.
What you dont know is I am Scottish a highlander in fact (proper north of Scotland middle of nowhere place), not English, and you guys can do what yer want south of the border.
Even the yanks know their place when it comes to a Scotsman, heh even the english wish they were Scottish.
As for peace, it's hard when your ancestry for war is considered "Fun" and a hobby, its bred into us
Scottland is a astonishing fine piece of earth. Landscape, people.,whisky .. everything is allright. But who the fuck invented haggis? I realy eat everything, wherever i come 8i´ve even have eaten Muktuk)... but haggis must have bee invented to drive the english back .. isnt it?
Scotland is shite mate, trust me on that one, wankers for neighbours, north/south divide on all facets in life here, fucking rains all the time, nothing to do, neds, assholes everywhere.
maybe thats why were always angry and or grumpy cunts.
Well .. lets make an exchange .. i get scottland and you get North Rhine-Westphalia (full of crazy muzzie shitheads building bombs in their backyard mosques and crooked politicians) Oh and we have rain too .. but it comes over from belgium ,, which means it rains deep-fried fat and dioxin. Highways are full of dutch trucks .. trying to break lightspeed and stopping for nothing and we have so much taxes that the ministry of finance isnt able to tell how much there actually are.
@bowman2062 aye, but you dont have the English as yer neighbours, and they're a right bunch of cunts. hahaha.
we did have some stupid arab numpty attempt to attack one of our airports, except typical Scots, one of us punched him out even though the arab chimp had set himself on fire in an attempt to blow up his jeep, arabs think they all radical this and that with their religeous wars, hahaha they are ametuers, they dont even have a football team yet.
@bowman2062 and it would seem as for finaces, only the chinks got their heads screwed on right, and even they follow a Scotsmans book, Adam smith the wealth of nations.
typical of our culture, able to invent some really good stuff but then fucking crap at being good at it ourselves.
and now we have a culture whereby we cant say boo to these arab/muslim cunts, without our own government backing them and shunning us, even when they burn poppy memorials on live TV.
@NIGHTEHAWK If i owne done of these, i'd turn a tricycle bike into a plane and put that engine on it with the props turned around so they pushed it instead of pulling it.
Sitting around my swimming pool in the sun gets really hot. Having an airconditioner outside would just be silly and environmentally irresponsible, but one of these would be absolutely perfect.
Contra-rotating propellers move air more efficiently than single propellers, but the design was not perfected until after WWII. Another benefit is eliminating the torque-effect of a large prop on an aircraft which can make handling tricky.
I think these babies did leak oil, prolly even more so then Merlin's. When you look at pic of the under surfaces of say late marque Spits it more often then not is a dirty oil stained mess. None the less..just the thing to have in your garden shed right!
you know when you wave your hand over a flame just at the right speed so not to get burnt and see how slow you can go before it does, I want to see the guy in the red shirt wave his arm through the blades at just the right speed just to see if he can. Now that would be good to see.
Was that a Comet crusing by? Sure looked like one....
ThePostal67 5 days ago
@ThePostal67
I believe it's a Hawker Nimrod.
FiveCentsPlease 5 days ago
I would use that to chop cabbage. You could make about a thousand pounds of coleslaw in two seconds. Of course, you'd need carrots too.
localcrew 1 week ago
That sound the Griffon puts out is like music!
illbeda1974 1 week ago
I can see no point in this too... nice sound, but why not plant it in something and have it moved??
vgiannadakis 1 week ago
@vgiannadakis I am sure they will take a donation of an airframe, just don't ship it collect!
ThePostal67 5 days ago
*eargasm.
freqeist 1 week ago
Incredible...most impressive~!
sandman19681012 1 week ago 2
@cdmikelis you are not listening properly, turn your volume up to 11!!!!!!!! are you a girl?
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I can hardly see a poin here. Just "having" the engine for no purpose? Is it like having a pet?
cdmikelis 2 weeks ago
@cdmikelis
No different than an antique engine display at a county fair. It's a hobby, and the engines are dwindling in numbers. Also, it's the only way to get an up close look at the intricate hardware since public access is restricted at airshows for safety. Many of the ground engines are made from parts that can't be inspected and certified for flight anymore, so the purpose is to preserve them on the ground.
FiveCentsPlease 2 weeks ago
@cdmikelis The point being, the purpose is like listening to Dean Martin, he certainly does not SERVE a purpose now, except for a potting plant, but the sound cannot be repeated.... Somethings you just cannot put back the way it should be. Just like an 85 year old man getting a 20 something girl, take it out and turn it over a few times and then put it back so nobody at touch it.
ThePostal67 5 days ago
I want one of these on a trailer so when a boy racer ends up next to me with a 1.2 and a pathetically big exhaust I can show him what a real engine sounds like..
xIIsAsIIx 3 weeks ago
Hi 240p... we meet again
matforsbon 3 weeks ago
contra props ... I'm in love!
Anvilshock 4 weeks ago
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Anvilshock 4 weeks ago
White man invented almost everything. I salute
Asiats1 1 month ago
Is this how they make wind?
ccetomacrogol 1 month ago
you know you have great power/rpm when the blades seem to be as one.
awesome video!
stumpr1 1 month ago
a good aircon :D
MultiDantan 1 month ago
@Blaze0357 The Tu-95 "Bear" and Tu-114 "Moss" used Klimov turboprop engines.They remain the most powerful engine of their type ever installed in a service aircraft.Their props gave off an ear-splitting shriek that we could hear long before the plane itself came into view.I'm sure former crew members are quite deaf as the aircraft had little or no soundproofing in the cockpit and surviellance operators stations.
Fennec2828 1 month ago
ok but will it fly???
dzikira 1 month ago
Let's cut some grass, bitches!
Sharkformer 1 month ago
Tear that shit up grampa!
MilhausMN 1 month ago
V1....V2, flaps, retrack landing gear.. :D
norbi7631 1 month ago
To Cool!...Is that out of a TU-114 or some other Tupolev? I ask cause of the twin Rotors. Thank you VERY much for the FIXXX. -Blaze-
Blaze0357 1 month ago
@Blaze0357 Think it's off a Shackleton, don't remember the model number they used though.
Karibanu 1 month ago
my ears just cummed.
willbertdsgc 1 month ago
HOLD ON GRAMPS!!
cjlennon 1 month ago
Thank you, thank you,thank you.I think I just wet myself
189grumpy 2 months ago
Imagine having this hobby and living in a development.
EpicFork 2 months ago
Great engines, shame about the ram shackle trailers they sit on!!
Lawrence5987 2 months ago
@Lawrence5987
The trailers are sturdy enough. They spent 8 years restoring that Merlin and I doubt they would mount it on something that would fall apart.
FiveCentsPlease 2 months ago
@FiveCentsPlease I'm not questioning the structural integrity of the trailers, just the aesthetics- they look like generator trailers you can hire from A-plant or HSS!!! If you've got something as special as a Rolls Royce Merlin or Griffon engine (which spent eight years in restoration!), then you would want to mount it on a trailer that would visually compliment the engine and not on one with awful plastic wheel trims!!! Am I the only one out there who has an eye for detail?
Lawrence5987 2 months ago 10
@Lawrence5987 why even have it on a trailer....put it in a replica or a hot rod for that matter lol. damn trailer queens... ;)
TtimWh 2 months ago
@Lawrence5987 yes but who cares about a trailor when u have a Griffon on the back
richard2590w 2 months ago
@Lawrence5987 why does some one always have to hate on somthing about a youtube video
paulwade101 1 month ago
@Lawrence5987
My dad runs a RR Meteor from a Centurion tank and he feels the same, he scratch built his own trailer specifically for the engine and it works wonders. Big robust frame and big chunky tires (tractor tires im pretty sure)
Takes it to shows with a rebuilt Fordson Major containing a V-8 engine from a Dodge fire engine, beast of a thing.
HauptmannRob 1 month ago
@Lawrence5987 Bling would Ring!
ThePostal67 5 days ago
These chaps plan to restore a Jumo 211 into a running display over the next few years, and I'm excited to hear how one of those engines will sound.
FiveCentsPlease 2 months ago
How fast do those props spin? They certainly look like they're going for it!
skaterkid901 2 months ago
@skaterkid901
I believe the reduction gear ratio off of the crankshaft is 0.4424:1, so just under half the crank speed. These props have been cut down shorter and have less mass and they aren't going to run these engines at high power settings without a full load because that will cause damage.
FiveCentsPlease 2 months ago
@FiveCentsPlease Great explanation, thanks for clearing that up.
skaterkid901 2 months ago
Reverse it so the engines push the trailer, you'll get 1000 MPG!, on the truck, anyway. :)
wmcartpusher04 2 months ago
How the hell do they pull off twin props that rotate in different directions?
wmcartpusher04 2 months ago
@wmcartpusher04
One propeller shaft inside the other, which is hollow. Aircraft props are usually not directly connected to the crankshaft, but are geared to rotate at a lower speed. An idler gear arrangement turns the other prop in the opposite direction. This wasn't perfected until the end of the war.
FiveCentsPlease 2 months ago
@FiveCentsPlease Neat-o! Never knew that was possible!
wmcartpusher04 2 months ago
This is what Chuck Norris uses to power his shaver.
wmcartpusher04 2 months ago
Spitfire Mk18 FTW
acepilot1997 2 months ago
Throw in the salami and stand behind with a serving dish.
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saraqueenful 3 months ago
where does the wife sit? " What does this lever do? Forward for fully fine, yeah go on push it" now that would make a bit of a nasty mess
timj41 3 months ago
where does the wife sit?
timj41 3 months ago
...can u pit this in a truck lol ?............
S73PHEN 3 months ago
haha 666 coments
freakshow3850 3 months ago
youd think the fan would pull the trailer forward at top speed like that!
reallygreatlife 3 months ago
@reallygreatlife - note the outrigger/jacks in contact with the ground on the back of both trailers, and the trailer tongues on the ground behind the operators. There's not room on the trailers for full size prop's, otherwise they probably would topple right over when the engines are cranked up.
Darr247 2 months ago
@dylandumontrules
In the decades after the war, these surplus engines were used in unusual applications such as wind tunnel fans and even fruit orchards where they moved the air around during cold temps to keep the frost from damaging the fruit. So they have been used as fans from time to time.
FiveCentsPlease 3 months ago
Are they just doing that for amusement, or do they plan to hook the trailers to the fronts of their cars for a race?
gettingahandle 3 months ago
Perfect engine for my chopper :D
Metalmaniac1286 3 months ago
I love the visuals at 1:03
greencheapsk8 4 months ago
Chuck Norris's pocket fan
johnson11b 4 months ago
Stay Cool All Day With a Rolls Royce Griffon (TM)
barkulator 4 months ago
Santa, I've been good all year. I'd like a Rolls-Royce Phantom fitted with my favourite, 37L, 2000 HP, supercharged Rolls-Royce Griffon V12.
soberek 4 months ago
NO GEARS FLYWHEELL ENGINE TORK THROTTLE NO GEARS,
fenbogle 4 months ago
I WANT ONE .FOR MY SHED MY THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR DESERVE IT.
fenbogle 4 months ago 21
Quick putur finger in!
godownweeniegodown23 4 months ago
porn
TheSpeedjunkie2 4 months ago
Chuck Norris has one of these engines in his electric toothbrush!
reg1001 4 months ago
@reg1001 chuck norris dosnt have a toothbrush because his teeth are so clean, they end up cleaning the toothbrush!
xxbulletx 4 months ago
@xxbulletx DAMNNN good one sir
shahror09 4 months ago
@shahror09 dont thank me, thank Chuck Norris!!
xxbulletx 4 months ago
What kind of gear ratio do these things run? Or is the propeller straight onto the crank?
djrmonix 4 months ago
That guy in the red is standing there like "Oh this is nothing, I'm deaf anyways so why even use any hearing protection" haha
MrBuffBrandon 4 months ago
i pity the poor ants crawlin around in the grass lol
nightwishturunen 5 months ago
Amazing sound.
fredintheshed1 5 months ago
Well theres no way there gonna overheat, lol
mrpowdercoater 5 months ago
@mrpowdercoater
There a coolant radiator at the bottom behind the prop, and these displays are not run to high rpm or for a very long time.
FiveCentsPlease 5 months ago
My ears are now bleeding , I will now file a claim LOL nice film thanks
mosquito1958 5 months ago
Looks like an accident waiting to happen
davegt27 5 months ago
mr-rolls-royce.narod2.ru/modelnii_ryad/phantom_drophead_coupe - rolls royce coupe
Noodllezzz 5 months ago
Seems a bit OTT for a strimmer.
IMOLEGREGG 5 months ago
Running loverly until a contra bearing locks up, squeek whoosh 200mph ifor williams.
fatusbloke 6 months ago
Fuck Slap Chop.... Sorry Vince.
sixstringslinger85 6 months ago
fuck me i've gone deaf....lol
ian8354 6 months ago
Is he gona fly the trailer? yayyyy
sneakytouchyourplace 6 months ago
@sneakytouchyourplace good job them things have cut down props on or they would take off!
david197407 5 months ago
One Word..Beautiful
TheIngo1978 6 months ago
sooo cool
wlh1usa 6 months ago
do you ever wanna stick your finger in it
dexter2433 7 months ago
ooo that one hell of a beauty!!
GayBoyRunning 7 months ago
can you give me an email - I'd like to invite you to our display. GAL@soaks.org
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LosingMyBalance 8 months ago
Never park a car behind one of these unless you want it covered in oil lol
Cyberdeamon 8 months ago
anyone know the contact details for these guys - would love for them to do a sohw for me. GAL@soaks.org
MultiNeo84 8 months ago
anyone know the contact details for these guys - would love for them to do a sohw for me. GAL@soaks.org
MultiNeo84 8 months ago
fantastic ,could listen to those engines all day :)
spinlessbastard1 8 months ago 21
@spinlessbastard1 i have a mp3 on my usb flash drive that i put in my car all the time...sounds awesome... :D
RadulescuBogdan 7 months ago
@RadulescuBogdan please tell me its not one of those things linked to your accelarator to make your car sound like something else ,?
spinlessbastard1 7 months ago
@spinlessbastard1 no no it is looped with a audio software on am mp3 file, and i play on my car stereo from USB flash drive it when i pedal to the metal on the open road :) you should see the faces on the pay toll on the highway :D:D when i exit with the sound on full on my 1200 watt audio :D
RadulescuBogdan 7 months ago
@RadulescuBogdan Try runnin' an 8V71 Detroit diesel. You'd really turn some ears and heads too. Now making your car/truck sound like this? Ohhhh yeaahhhh!
Fireheart528 5 months ago
the sound of gods lawnmower
WhoDaresWins08 8 months ago 64
@WhoDaresWins08 LMAO :-)
BaddaBigBoom 3 months ago
Just a different way of doing your hair in the morning :-)
Engineer9736 8 months ago
stupid music, we wanna hear the engine don't we or is that too hard for you
pobinr 8 months ago in playlist motores
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BB1951 8 months ago
How the hell is that staying still?
newtongrace 8 months ago
@newtongrace all in the pitch of the props as well as chocking the wheels of the trailer.the pitch of the prop creates different thrust,if its a low pitch its not gonna produce as much thrust as a higher pitch
ProjectIronclad 8 months ago
@ProjectIronclad Nice one, thanks for the info
newtongrace 8 months ago
@ProjectIronclad
Actually the higher the pitch of the propeller the lower the RPM, so hence higher pitch produces less power than a lower pitch.
HDaviator 8 months ago
holy crap
BattleAxWarior 9 months ago
How could that guy possibly have been standing back there, even when it was just idling, without the earmuffs?
TheScientist0000000 9 months ago
@TheScientist0000000 PARDON!
Joannelda 8 months ago
@TheScientist0000000 - foam earplugs (compacted and inserted correctly) typically block 32 dB or so once they've finished expanding.
Darr247 2 months ago
That would slice and dice a lot of salad very quickly.
aclsalrfp 10 months ago
Misfiring.
TheFunkadelicFan 10 months ago
anyone need a good ventalation system lol
bwp1421 10 months ago
The P-51 Mustang kicked the germans butt in the air war over europe
MrUksgt 10 months ago
@MrUksgt
Because of 1 BF 109 comes10 P51.
10:1 . The germans had only little chances.
trimode11 10 months ago
fuckin sweet engine
RHH6120 10 months ago
I was at RAF Coningsby in 04, & they were running up the Spitfires. Suddenly, from behind me there was this huge NOISE, and I didn't even turn around at first, just said "That's got to be a Griffon"
teenonator 10 months ago
Some serious horsepower !!
trimode11 10 months ago
I was waiting for one of em to take off -.-
drumboarder1 10 months ago
phenomenal.
Ecosse57 11 months ago
dude must be aware that his trailer wont fly off
MrMcDschingis 11 months ago
Can I have one for my back garden just to piss the neighbours off!
1100HondaCB 11 months ago 2
I could listen to that sound all day....
smasica 11 months ago
Damn finest riding lawn mower I've ever seen!
twobluehorses 11 months ago
Would be a nice Dragster engine.
merdaporrenta 11 months ago
I wonder what this engine would be capable of if it were to be build with today's materials and standards.
AGrandt 11 months ago
27germans disliked this vid
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@BHALT0S
We dont play with so tiny engines .. just search for project brutus :)
bowman2062 11 months ago
@bowman2062
Still 2-0 mate
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@BHALT0S
You mean the war ? Yeah .. but everyone can win a war .. with american help. Its important to win the peace :)
bowman2062 11 months ago
@bowman2062 the yanks turned up well and truly after it was started, and they never provided help during the battle of britain which I have to say sure we nearly lost the aie superiority had it not been for hitlers or his lessers to have indecision to continue the bombing, and the yanks war continued on mostly due to their reducing resources to japan and when I say We I include all Allies that were involved in the struggle for good, even the turncoat spaggetti munchers.
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@bowman2062 and I do know there were polish spitfire fighter pilots in 303 sqaudron helping us out.
What you dont know is I am Scottish a highlander in fact (proper north of Scotland middle of nowhere place), not English, and you guys can do what yer want south of the border.
Even the yanks know their place when it comes to a Scotsman, heh even the english wish they were Scottish.
As for peace, it's hard when your ancestry for war is considered "Fun" and a hobby, its bred into us
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@BHALT0S
Scottland is a astonishing fine piece of earth. Landscape, people.,whisky .. everything is allright. But who the fuck invented haggis? I realy eat everything, wherever i come 8i´ve even have eaten Muktuk)... but haggis must have bee invented to drive the english back .. isnt it?
bowman2062 11 months ago
@bowman2062
Scotland is shite mate, trust me on that one, wankers for neighbours, north/south divide on all facets in life here, fucking rains all the time, nothing to do, neds, assholes everywhere.
maybe thats why were always angry and or grumpy cunts.
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@BHALT0S
Well .. lets make an exchange .. i get scottland and you get North Rhine-Westphalia (full of crazy muzzie shitheads building bombs in their backyard mosques and crooked politicians) Oh and we have rain too .. but it comes over from belgium ,, which means it rains deep-fried fat and dioxin. Highways are full of dutch trucks .. trying to break lightspeed and stopping for nothing and we have so much taxes that the ministry of finance isnt able to tell how much there actually are.
bowman2062 11 months ago
@bowman2062 aye, but you dont have the English as yer neighbours, and they're a right bunch of cunts. hahaha.
we did have some stupid arab numpty attempt to attack one of our airports, except typical Scots, one of us punched him out even though the arab chimp had set himself on fire in an attempt to blow up his jeep, arabs think they all radical this and that with their religeous wars, hahaha they are ametuers, they dont even have a football team yet.
BHALT0S 11 months ago
@bowman2062 and it would seem as for finaces, only the chinks got their heads screwed on right, and even they follow a Scotsmans book, Adam smith the wealth of nations.
typical of our culture, able to invent some really good stuff but then fucking crap at being good at it ourselves.
and now we have a culture whereby we cant say boo to these arab/muslim cunts, without our own government backing them and shunning us, even when they burn poppy memorials on live TV.
it's all fucked.
BHALT0S 11 months ago 2
@bowman2062 i agree with what you said about haggis. I may not be Scottish, but that dish doesn't even look appetizing at all.
Fireheart528 11 months ago
The ultimate lawn mower
DubTHC 11 months ago
if i owned this, i would be in the process of restoring a Spit or Mustang. :)
NIGHTEHAWK 11 months ago
@NIGHTEHAWK If i owne done of these, i'd turn a tricycle bike into a plane and put that engine on it with the props turned around so they pushed it instead of pulling it.
Fireheart528 11 months ago
@Fireheart528 You would make a total mockery of that engine.
MisterWillie060 11 months ago
@MisterWillie060 true, but it would still be a sight to see!
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Fireheart528 11 months ago
@NIGHTEHAWK I would put it in my Cessna 140.
MisterWillie060 11 months ago
Counter-rotating heaven..
BlakeMason2 11 months ago
coolest go cart ever
smaragdboa 1 year ago
@smaragdboa They should put one of these on a wheeled platform with a steering axle. That would be absolutely epic.
Fireheart528 11 months ago
Belongs on an aircraft. ;)
trwagner1 1 year ago
what a fantastic way to slice stubborn parsnips!
eatthisvr6 1 year ago
@eatthisvr6 You'd be lucky if there was any pieces left of the parsnips, 'cause they'd be shredded by that one.
Fireheart528 11 months ago
Sitting around my swimming pool in the sun gets really hot. Having an airconditioner outside would just be silly and environmentally irresponsible, but one of these would be absolutely perfect.
toranamunter 1 year ago
what's the max RPM on that engine?
TheVanKeh 1 year ago
@TheVanKeh
The Griffon 58 was 2750 RPM, compared with 3000 RPM for the Merlin.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
that's 2500 HP of V-1 killing power for you.
FilipinoZeroFighter 1 year ago
@FilipinoZeroFighter yep thats why these engines are so loved in tractor-pulling !! awesome !
josderedneck22 1 year ago
@josderedneck22 can't agree more.
FilipinoZeroFighter 1 year ago
what a joy. beautiful sound. thanks for posting this, what a way to start the day in my headphones, cheers lads
Padraiclynch 1 year ago
why are the 2 props
Joe5225MLS27 1 year ago
@Joe5225MLS27
Contra-rotating propellers move air more efficiently than single propellers, but the design was not perfected until after WWII. Another benefit is eliminating the torque-effect of a large prop on an aircraft which can make handling tricky.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
Good way to mash potatoes.
BenMale1 1 year ago
They are so big that they look like Inline 12's from a certain angle.. Oh my god brutal engines..
AlexxSR 1 year ago
Every woman who is about to marry a, "MAN" should watch this video. Men just love machinery. Cant explain to you why, but we just do.
Woman love 500 dollar purses, cant explain to you why. Which is more important, 500 dollars worth of spark plugs or a purse?
Did these leak oil like the radials? I heard that you never start a radial unless there is oil on the ground under the engine!...lol
barmtrail 1 year ago 2
@barmtrail There are also womens that like machinery. And mens that like lacoste slings. XD
TerminatorFRA 1 year ago
@barmtrail
I think these babies did leak oil, prolly even more so then Merlin's. When you look at pic of the under surfaces of say late marque Spits it more often then not is a dirty oil stained mess. None the less..just the thing to have in your garden shed right!
sorrowman2 1 year ago
stick your hand in the propellers to check if theyre spinning right
thefloatingcheese2 1 year ago
Dig the Wal-Mart beaner hubcaps on the trailer's back wheels... stay classy
jbestell 1 year ago
why hasn't the trailer taken off yet!?
ldubdaman 1 year ago
chuck norris uses this as a powered razor
OpticalSnare 1 year ago 7
@OpticalSnare he doesn't need a raser the beard is to afraid to grow....
alexey3600 7 months ago
@OpticalSnare No, this was only use to start the real engine that powered his razor.
dtiydr 6 months ago
@OpticalSnare
Naah i think it´s for chopping he´s vegitables in the kitchen... ;-)
Lasselkv28 6 months ago
Chuck Norris uses that engine on his leaf blower.
gfinseth 1 year ago
I love the bloke on the next rig who must be really jealous and wont allow anyone to see him admiring it.
falconoilcompany 1 year ago
Anyone have plans for a gocart with this engine? lol
killbilly069 1 year ago
27 people own a cesna
aaronzack14 1 year ago
you know when you wave your hand over a flame just at the right speed so not to get burnt and see how slow you can go before it does, I want to see the guy in the red shirt wave his arm through the blades at just the right speed just to see if he can. Now that would be good to see.
imautuber444 1 year ago