Aero Engines Carlisle Update

Could the Jumo (for example) ever be made airworthy again? I have no idea how this works as far as paperwork and approval goes.

Fantastic work you are doing there!

The radial is an R-2800-59 Double Wasp P-47 Thunderbolt engine fitted with A-26 Invader fishtails. A beautiful engine to look at, and a masterpiece of engineering, but a complete b—–d to work on, honestly!

No kidding, changed the #5 cylinder on the former TFC F7F last weekend (starboard engine) after a valve seat fell out of the head & jammed the valve open. Was back hanging flaps & ailerons on it tuesday & will be back again tomorrow & saturday to hang the rudder & elevators. It’s due to fly on Monday with it’s new paint.

Bristol Manuals

Peter & Cees,

If there are any surplus Bristol manuals after you chaps have what you need, I would be interested.

Anon.

Merlin Pete,

You can give the boys at Millom Museum a little pat on the back for supplying the other two blades for your Mustang-style prop, if you like!
Anon.

Absolutely! We are eternally grateful. Used D-Shank blades are near impossible to locate now. It was the dome which you also supplied, not the hub.
I specifically mentioned the Harvard blades to illustrate the fact that I acquired them directly as a result of putting an enquiry on this forum.

The Merlin is not likely to be seen at many public events, probably most likely if I take it myself, but he doesn`t live anywhere near me. If we do an open day at Boulton Paul, Wolverhampton, near the end of the year, he may take it there. Keep an eye on our events list.

I can`t wait to make a start on the Jumo 211, it is a masterpiece of engineering. That will be early next year, but not having rebuilt one before I can`t say how long it will take. My first Merlin took 3000 hours, but I can do them in a fraction of that now!
If I had it running in another two years I would be happy, to be realistic.

4th trailer this year is almost finished, that`s a second one for Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and will be used initially to check out the Merlin II on loan to Brooklands Museum for installation in the Hurricane, which we will hopefully see taxying one day.

Pete

Peter,

I have a 1941 dated technical brochure on the Jumo 211 with very detailed schematics on the various systems.

PM me if you are interested. I also have some other technical manuals on the BMW 323 and Bristol radials which are surplus to my requirements.

Cheers

Cees

Great to see that you have a Jumo 211 project engine!

I hope the restoration goes well and it can join the others in a ground-running display. It would be very interesting to see and hear one of these come to life. Maybe one day it can be joined by a Jumo 213.

Good luck with the project. Do you have an estimate for the time to completion?

Blades etc.

Merlin Pete,

You can give the boys at Millom Museum a little pat on the back for supplying the other two blades for your Mustang-style prop, if you like!
Is that our Herc spider in there too?!

Where will we be able to see said V-1650-7, is he likely to be joining the “engine team” and touring the shows?

Tell the R-2800 owner he can have my C-series 2800 to swap for his T/bolt type any day. I’d love one of those.

Anon.

Some cracking engines there, cant wait to see them.

They look and sound amazing

All the best
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Stuart,

I may be in the position to part with a complete two-stage blower this year.
It’s a packard-built unit (ex-M68A), would that be of interest to you?
What’s your XX-series blower like?

Anon.

Hi Anon, I have sent you a PM, I would be interested in aquiring a 2 stage blower, if only to fill the space between the back of the engine, and the firewall!

Two-stage blower

Stuart,

I may be in the position to part with a complete two-stage blower this year.
It’s a packard-built unit (ex-M68A), would that be of interest to you?
What’s your XX-series blower like?

Anon.

Good to see that you’ve got a full display itinerary, hopefully I’ll catch up with the R2800 and you at legends.

I do have an engine in about 10,000 bits, I am missing a cyl block,one inlet manifold, and a pair of rocker covers, (the last pair managed to evade my clutches for £200- on ebay….)

I do wonder whether maybe the way forward, is to purchase a good meteor, and use everything that I can, (including one rocker cover) and reassemble it into my Packard crankcase; I’ve been on the look out for a two stage blower for a number of years, but they are like hens teeth, so I’ll probably be using the XX series one.

Presumably you have to pull the blades through on the radial, how is that accomplished with such short blades (or do you take the plugs out?).

How is the price of fuel affecting you displays this year?

Good point Stuart, I thought the same thing, but was surprised to find that this engine is somewhat easier to pull through than the Merlin. The CR is 6.65:1 against 6:1 for the Merlin and the reduction is 0.5 as opposed to 0.42, so the latter would help make it easier to turn I guess. I am sure the biggest reason is that it runs on roller bearings!

Fuel hasn`t been a problem to date because we only ask for fuel expenses, which people are quite happy to cover. We don`t charge any other fees, which would account for why we get way too many bookings!

Are you putting a Merlin together for your Spitfire, or planning to get another one later?

Pete

Presumably you have to pull the blades through on the radial, how is that accomplished with such short blades (or do you take the plugs out?).

How is the price of fuel affecting you displays this year?

Yes, the Maser sounds almost as gorgeous as the Merlin! It has a Ferrari V8 engine and paddle-shift, I want one too 😡

maserati quattroporte 😉 nice hehe

beautiful engines, i want one! lol