Rolls Royce Merlin Engine Ground Run

[nicwilson89]

One of the best sounds to ever grace Human ears is the sound of an angry Merlin V12.

[englishelectric]

Yes, I think you can run it on methenol too!

[bigblocke]

does it come in a hybrid option? :D

[SirVladDracula]

Rolls-Royce Merlin; the Engine that won the war.

Alongside the Rolls-Royce Griffon, of course.

[englishelectric]

The word is aeroplane my good man... It's one thing rebuilding an engine and quite another to get an airframe airworthy (not that this guy is likely to have one). A Spitfire is worth over £1M...

[SirVladDracula]

@englishelectric Ironic that, when they were being built, the aircraft was worth £12,000 (or, £500,000 in today's money).

I can see why though. Iconic aircraft. One of the most important aircraft ever developed; if it were to disappear from the pages of history... Well, it'd be a terrible, terrible shame.

We have to remember - so we don't make the same mistake again.

[gadget669]

But wheres the airplane??? This seems a real shame that someone has spent time and a lot of money getting the engine to run beutifully but not fly it?

next we will see vintage car engines being run on a the back of a trailor. Surley I can not be the only person to think this way.. |For chricky sake get this baby airborne where it belongs!

[dairwin2000]

@gadget669 Getting an engine to run is one thing, but getting airworthy certification is quite another. Money, perfect parts, traceability of paperwork, maintenance records, qualified workshops; to name a few. Better to see and hear an engine at close quarters than not at all.

[FiveCentsPlease]

@gadget669

You can't compare auto engines to aircraft engines. Airworthy certification requires strict inspection of parts (and lots of paperwork) and these ground-running engines mostly use the parts that won't pass inspection anymore. They are well cared for as running examples for people to experience up close and will last a long time

[TheLaurencekid]

lol he has a clockwise prop on a griffin

[dairwin2000]

Griffon. Read earlier comments.

[kingbleah]

i'd love this in me bike

[kingbleah]

keep eye out for traffic wardens

[ookzoknetter]

search here for tractorpulling

and see the real power of this engine

[atadams77]

this operator doesn't know what he is doing. you can't rev this things like a automotive engine. its backfiring because he is taking it down too fast. you can't pump the throttle on these because the timing is different. they are not made to run that way. fyi the prop is turning left.

[GGigabiteM]

Lol, why is he using a right-turning prop on a left hand engine? It probably explains why he didn't rev it very high, because the engine would overheat.

[land4x4ever]

After watchin this again i feel it prob has the wrong rotation prop on it to stop anyone stupid enough to get too close been dragged in. Maybe i'm wrong

[GGigabiteM]

A propeller that small, at that speed isn't powerful enough to suck a person into it. It really doesn't matter what pitch the blades are at, because if you get hit by it, you're pretty much screwed.

[land4x4ever]

Maybe you're right but i have worked on V12 air cooled engines with twin cooling fans without the pitch of these props and they are pretty powerful and have safety guards and, please remember i did say anyone STUPID enough to get too close, believe me you only have to be caught off balance and off guard and you're painting the scenery

[TopGunSGA]

"Lol, why is he using a right-turning prop on a left hand engine?"

Merlins were right-turning, the Griffon on the other hand was left-turning

[GGigabiteM]

Look at the direction of the prop turning, it's blowing instead of sucking. I know which way a griffon turns, and this isn't a griffon.

[dairwin2000]

There are more Firefly or Barracuda (Griffon) props around, than Merlin.

[nhtc1]

wtf!!!

[LeanderB91]

redline in a merlin powered spitfire would be 3,500 rpm. would be bad to overev it;)

[officialraf]

RR Merlin roags like a angry lion

[Hanglands]

Great vid, thanks for sharing. Gave it a 5, the sound is pretty good.

I have a couple of similar vids up, Griffon Mk 58, Merlin 24 and Twenty-something, Rolls Royce Welland (jet), and an Alvis Leonides.

[UKPatriotsFan]

What a great engine!LONG LIVE THE SPITFIRE! :)

[McLarenMercedes]

yes,it proves once and for all why V12's are the best engines both for piston aircraft and luxury car and supercars

[keeevan]

v12 for supercars? 12s too heavy you dont need more than 8

[McLarenMercedes]

Unfortunately a V12 if well designed always can produce more hp and is better balanced than a V8 of the same displacement. Ask Ferrari or Alfa Romeo in Formula 1. Ask Porsche in Can-Am and LeMans.

Therefore they banned V12's and V10's in Formula 1, so that the poor teams could keep up.

Better balanced and it can rev higher. Complicated to design but the optimum configuration in motorracing.

Who said V12's are too heavy?? Not a high tech one...

[keeevan]

yea but you said luxury and supercars, not lemans and all that. Which supercars have 12cylinders that really excel so much more than the rest?

[keeevan]

much rather a 26b

[Svendogga]

Thay only use V10 in Formula 1

[McLarenMercedes]

No,currently they only use V8's of 2,4litres of displacement. This rule was implemented in 2006. V12's were allowed all the way to 1996, Ferrari used the V12 configuration all the way to 1995.

Ferrari's were almost always V12's from 1965-1995, and Honda's championship winning engine in 1991 was a V12.

V10's were used from 1989-2005 (after 2005 they were banned)

[land4x4ever]

dairwin>youre right, the spitty with that engine and prop would have flown backwards quite fast

[leeford2]

put in to a ford capri

[manicmechanic76]

this will twist a knot in your capri...

[leeford2]

hi,woulnt it just,have you seen the merlin powerd rover sd1,

[leeford2]

hi,woulnt it just,have you seen the merlin powerd rover sd1,

[Irvine5312x6ma]

Look at 3:08 - 3:14 the exhaust flame! Love it!

[douro20]

Meteor is the same engine without the centrifugal supercharger.

[flavourinjector]

all the german tourists ran away when they heard it start up.

[englishelectric]

:-) !!

[MrUksgt]

@flavourinjector because thier grandparents said to fear the P-51 Mustang.

[Begley06]

We used to use these engine putting out 1800hp to power pumps for hydraulic fracturing in Canada. Gotta love the foot of flame visible when they fired up in the twilight.

[dairwin2000]

Anybody notice that the engine blades are in reverse pitch? Ie, the prop wash is forwards, not backwards. May account for not revving it up.

Smoke from start is blasted backwards by exhaust jet action, not prop wash.

[englishelectric]

Would be nice wouldn't it...

Maybe an Avon from a Lightning too! :-)

[postie2003]

I want one, just to wheel out into the back garden for "special occasions" ;-)

[englishelectric]

Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, Lancaster and more, no doubt....

[robotmad]

spitfire engine?

[raymondrayban]

fucking rev it up up u pussy if i had that in my back garden,every cunt within a ten mile radius would know what a v12 merlin spitfire sounded like, even the deaf ones, rev it. rev it, rev it rev it let us hear music,

[englishelectric]

You should go to a Spanish or Italian Moto GP race.

They have car engines in stands that they rev the crap out of all night with load exhausts!!

Not the same as a Merlin I know....

[alexthebikeman]

too right man! except everyone would be on their arses

[martinward1991]

i agree but if he did, it would take off

[dairwin2000]

raymondrayban: :-)))

[macfletcherhotmail]

@raymondrayban i know this is irelivant info but these can empty a 20 litre jerry can in a couple of minutes

[kiwismx5]

Give it full Tit mate open her up!

[bruffy68]

watch out flight leader, tally ho, mesherschmidt coming in from the sun....

[englishelectric]

Chocks away Ginger!

[ikkealweer65]

was alleen leuker geweest als ie in een auto was gemonteerd :)

[bugsier5]

die past wel in mijn opduwer!

Lachen geen amerikaan die dit kan lezen! Ha ha!

Greatings from Holland!

[englishelectric]

Certainly beats a Cross Flow!

[griffspeed]

LOL.. I asked for that one.!! mine had a pinto anyway.!! Its got a twin turboed rover v8 now.. cheers mate.. GRRRRRRRRREAT VIDEO...

[griffspeed]

I think i may be able to get that to fit in my Mk1 escort.!!

[ianlanc]

don't be daft the fan blades are too big, you would have to cut a slot in your bonnet !! L O L.... ian.

[JMACSJM]

if nothing else it would certainly keep you cool in the summer with a fan that size!!!!

[Dogbuoy]

Drat, foiled again....

[cabstronaut]

Hmmm, wonder if I can make it fit in my 74 Pinto?

[mikejuggernaut]

no too big lol

[mikejuggernaut]

lol 2000 hp in a truck try a tank the truck would just sit there spinning

[weldon0m]

it would make a great hillclimb power plant..

[davidatter708]

There goes about 20 gallons of fuel

[misealouest]

I think it is too powerfull for a Air cooling fan.

[flute2345]

if he'd have given it any stick it'd have taken off

[webber2004]

nice video. where exactly is this happening

[englishelectric]

At Brooklands in Weybridge UK. Former Vickers/BAC factory. Famous also for the banked racing circuit.

[Spayne007]

I want one for my garage

[Hiei2k7]

I want one for my TRUCK!!!!!!!

[atarigamer1]

I don't know if he COULD of given it any more. A torque-master V12 going full throttle on that tiny mount? It'd flip over!!

[SmiertSpionem]

And eat the spectators.

[madeljacky]

Id loved to have heard this v12 opened up to near full. There is no other sound quiet like it.

[silver760]

Cant beat a Merlin motor,or even a meteor motor.

[chirifeee]

naaaaaaaaa

mira lo q es ese motor

q sarpado dios

[englishelectric]

Could'nt have put it better my self! To the right, you can see the Kestrel [Harrier prototype], and in the back ground, Concorde without it's nose!

[bmused55]

Marvelous noise :D

[samuelbengermin]

i wanted to hear it RAWWRRRRR because its probably the most beautiful sound in the world

[roadwolf2]

i know of a guy wo put one of those engines in a 55 chevy to make the worlds most powerful street legal car

[McLarenMercedes]

unfortunately aircraft engines make bad car engines and they are not designed to be revved up and down like car engines

[scrfce123]

Go and look up 'Merlin V12 powered 55 Chev'. That thing is a beast...  To counteract the low crank RPM, the final drive actually spins faster than the engine - on a car that weighs more than 3 tons. Thats how much torque it has. Despite its low redline, the engine is still tactile. However, it is very thirsty and takes 20 mins to set up before it can be started.

[englishelectric]

Chocks away, Ginger.... ;-)

[baman12]

spitfire on a budget! he should make a little cockpit and get a set of goggles and a bomber jacket for the comedey effect.

[buchanj]

Good job RR was actually good back then, we'd have lost the war if Jaguar or one of the many other crap car manufacturers had had an input.

[englishelectric]

A shortend prop.

[FrankLeeStrange]

I am confused, is the fan thing on the front of the engine the propller or is it some cooling device?

[royzee]

Or run it a bit rich to get some pops and bangs n flame!

[englishelectric]

Yes, you could be right!

They should have bolted it down and opened it right up!

[FrankLeeStrange]

Presumably if the throttle was opened right up the engine would move forward!