New engine for MH434?

Ahhh is your boss doing it Y11F? How difficult is it to get CAA approval to do a zero-time? Ditto parts for the task?

And very nice it looks too….

It’s getting a zero timed Rolls Royce Merlin 66 very soon.

Any Engine news?

I took a Merlin 70 series (mosquito) out of MH434 and fitted a Merlin 66 when we did the major in 93/94 i think it was. God knows what it has in it now, I left OFMCo in 99.

mick

MH434 used to have M66 until now, but i don’t know which mark of the engine is to be fitted now.

I took a Merlin 70 series (mosquito) out of MH434 and fitted a Merlin 66 when we did the major in 93/94 i think it was. God knows what it has in it now, I left OFMCo in 99.

mick

the engine removed from MH434 was a packard merlin according to the label on the shipping crate

Any engine news for MH434?
Will it be a new M66?

Typical of a Spitfire…. needing to be pushed rather than flown….

What abaut MH434? I have heard that she could be pushed more after she was rebuilt.

I think you’ll find that most freshly rebuilt Spits can be ‘Pushed’ more due to having new non-magnesium rivets fitted, as used during manufacture/repair in WWII, as they have a tendendcy to ‘pop’ after a few years of such ‘pushing’ 😉

Tom

What abaut MH434? I have heard that she could be pushed more after she was rebuilt.

The only ones I can think of are Charles Church’s EE606 and also AB910

Yes Tom, I had forgotten about 606 ‘The Ultimate Spitfire’ 🙁

Does anyone know when AB910 was first fitted with a four blade prop?

Is there any high performance spits flying today, more power, lighter than stock??

The only ones I can think of are Charles Church’s EE606 and also AB910 when ACM Wheeler owned her. Both were fitted with four-bladed props and EE606 had clipped wings, not sure about AB910s guise when it was used for racing post-war, or what engines they used, was ‘606 using a 35?

The fighter jockeys who used to fly the “clipped, clapped and cropped” LFVbs used to say they’d outperform just about anything at low/medium level in a dogfight, I recall one story of a MKXIV getting trounced by an LFVb in a mock-dogfight but I’m assuming that the straight-line speed wasn’t as good, say as a Tempest, seing as they weren’t used against the V1s.

Tom

A similar question was asked on the Avi8 froum a while back (I wonder if Treadstone is MH434 on that board?) and I tried to answer it as best I could.

http://forums.avi8.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=001099

I was hoping some Spit experts and restorers might chime in! 🙂

Cheers

Paul

Yes i am the same person.

Sounds Familiar!

Bruce, Mark & Bentwingbomber, thanks for the info.

A similar question was asked on the Avi8 froum a while back (I wonder if Treadstone is MH434 on that board?) and I tried to answer it as best I could.

http://forums.avi8.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=001099

I was hoping some Spit experts and restorers might chime in! 🙂

Cheers

Paul

Also EP120 has no Merlin 55 engine fitted at present,its in several pieces in the workshop having the supercharger looked at!!

True 😀

IIRC most Baby spits are fitted with a Merlin 35 which has a very high Mod.state.

Also true, thats why I put that in by mistake 🙂

I heard that MH434 is in for an engine change. Will they fit a new 66 or wil it be another one?

I have another question to:
Is there any high performance spits flying today, more power, lighter than stock??

I have heard Spit V EP120, but i dont know.

Fuel types are also a factor,wartime grades gave better performance.

Also EP120 has no Merlin 55 engine fitted at present,its in several pieces in the workshop having the supercharger looked at!!

IIRC most Baby spits are fitted with a Merlin 35 which has a very high Mod.state.

All this talk of EP120 is making me want to watch Dark Blue World again!
🙂

Thanks Bruce – corrected! 😮 I was trying to use EP120 as an example of a ‘stock’ aircraft of which she is one of the best.

PS: Bruce – your PM box is full!