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Uploaded by on Jul 12, 2008

Rolls Royce ground runs filmed at Duxfords Flying Legends air show 2008.
The engines are :
Griffon Mk 58
Merlin 24
Merlin 20 or 22
Welland W2B 23 Turbojet.

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

  • 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!

  • 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.

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

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  • pass the tissues i'm done

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

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  • We can't forget the awesome Packard Merlin!

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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • before pod racing....

  • 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

  • @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

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

  • @TheLaurencekid

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

  • 29.000 Airfix flying points !

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