Rolls Royce Ground Runs

[ckelley63]

We can't forget the awesome Packard Merlin!

[crazzywolf37]

i just had a insane idea...... quad turbo it with some 110 mm turbos...O.o

[RUSeriousnow]

I love the sound of reciprocal engines too... The problem is vibrations. They vibrated the airframe apart so badly that metal fatigue was a problem. It was too expensive to continue after the jet came into economic viability. But there's NOTHING like old time THUMPERS to make a motor head feel good! (LOL)

[RUSeriousnow]

I love the sound of reciprocal engines too... The problem is vibrations. They vibrated the airframe apart so badly that metal fatigue was a problem. It was too expensive to continue after the jet came into economic viability. But there's NOTHING like old time THUMPERS to make a motor head feel good! (LOL)

[cronbolt]

before pod racing....

[brazzr]

its amazing how we can sit on youtube and watch a fan blade spin around when we couldnt give a sht about the fan blade on our own cars

[johnnyfivefifty]

An airplane should Always sound like that....goosebumps down my spine!! Great vid ty!!

[mybluebelly]

29.000 Airfix flying points !

[wildswine07]

counter rotating propellers. some engineer's wet dream.

[Fishnflightbum]

My wife said it would make a good engine in her shoppingcar, whatever that ment? 8)

[TheLaurencekid]

doe it have a flywheel or not

[dairwin2000]

No it doe't.

[FiveCentsPlease]

@TheLaurencekid

The propeller mass is the flywheel. The blades are cut shorter for ground display.

[Starjack100]

I wonder what are they testing using these engines to drive each propellers?

[Hanglands]

Hi. This isnt a test of any sort. Its just for display. A full sized prop on one of those little trucks might have disasterous consequences!

[tomcatmaverik]

@Hanglands hihi, you're right.

a full sized prop in this configuration with this engine, might produce up to 5 tons of static spin...quite much for a simple truck

[aubreyaub]

Miss Shillings orifice. fixed the negative g problem.

150hp came from the exhaust setup.

Turbocharging, normal aspiration is better than fuel injection, with the engines of that period.

Shout yourself a christmas present and buy, borrow or steal, a copy of...."Not Much Of An Engineer" an Autobiography by Sir Stanley Hooker.

I have always promised myself to own a Rolls MkIX engine, now I found that I will need 4. The harmonics, @6.18 6.20 are bloody beautifull.

[Rick0rz]

how much would you try and get your hand past it really fast

[needlenitz18]

FIRST OFF RICK0rz, You DO NOT STICK YOUR HAND ANYWHERE NEAR THOSE BLADES. No matter how fast you try I guarantee your hand is GONE. Lol dont ever try it.

[Rick0rz]

i bet someone who is good at karate could do it

[Kburgboy]

Have you been an idiot, long?

[Rick0rz]

its not going that fast lol

[wwmb43]

@Rick0rz

put your dick.....:)

[Rick0rz]

if the price was right..

[aadailey]

I'm surprised they let people stand that close, inline from the propeller.

I know a guy who had a model airplane prop fly apart, and it stick in his leg.

[GGigabiteM]

Real engine props are generally built to pretty stringent standards, you rarely if ever hear about a prop blade flying off a hub unless it gets damaged in some way. The entire propeller has been known to part company from the engine (especially catastrophic coaxial failures), but they usually fly forward, not sideways.

Not to say that it's 100% safe, I wouldn't be standing where the camera guy is in that video.

[MrGuvEuroman]

I've seen this at the flookbrough show! He's not scared to rev them!! lol. Twin direction props so he can flog it! Just think 1940's With all steel internals dry sump fuel injection Super chargers. Amazing technology!!

[supraguy8792]

actually they are carburated. not fuel injected....

[MrGuvEuroman]

I thought they were macanicaly fuel injected into the Super charger to stop them cutting out in 0G or roll?

Stil amazing! : D

[supraguy8792]

nope. straight carburated, its an unpressurized system, so if you are upside down and pulling either zero or negative g's will cause the engine to quit due to fuel starvation

[mreid08]

The hell with jets, that is music to my ears!

[constantine826]

can't agree more, real music of RR V12

[Scoused5000]

Rolls Royce Makes Me Proud to be British!

[Scoused5000]

Rolls Royce Makes Proud to be British!

[ViktorDragmire]

Would an airplane running a Merlin have dual propellers like that? that's fantastic! Someone should take the sound from that and pop it in FSX.

[Hanglands]

That dual-prop Merlin is actually a RR Griffon, and yes it was fitted to some spitfires, and also the Avro Shackleton.

[MrGuvEuroman]

These Lot put twin props on with one reversed. one pulling and one pushing. Other wise they couldn't rev them so hard they'd just pull them selves into the crowd and try to take off. lol : D

[wwmb43]

@MrGuvEuroman

griffon 58 actually

flew in that guise

[Shalinar45]

THIS is what aviation is SUPPOSED to sound like! Right good, this is.

[lobsterman655]

pass the tissues i'm done

[GGigabiteM]

I have seen that same dude with that Griffon engine in a bunch of videos now, he must travel around a lot.

[zerstoren46]

Sweet!

[toddi1971]

phat

[stuartthegrant]

10 out of 10

[kinglorimer]

i wasthere that was fookin awesome we were in teh car park and 9 spitfires took up over us amazin shit!