slightly O/T but amazing what you find at work

Did I hear some forumites ears prick-up just then?

Two Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines…now…er…what was that funny twin-engined fighter that was fitted with those things called? 😀

Hi
didn’t it end in ……wind ?? 🙂 😀

not that I would know, 🙂 😀

just wish I new where the boat was… if it still exists…
or the nearby scrapyards ……
cheers
Jerry

…there was a speedboat fitted with two R-R peregrine engines in the USA…

Did I hear some forumites ears prick-up just then?

Two Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines…now…er…what was that funny twin-engined fighter that was fitted with those things called? 😀

Hi Jerry,

………………. The two Merlin engines were sold to a guy in Miami for his speedboat. It is posible they are still being used today.

Alex

Hi alex,
There was a speedboat fitted with two R-R peregrine engines in the USA in late ’44/early 45.
Thats two boats that would be interesting if they are still around.
Cheers
jerry

Not quite at work but I did find a K2 ambulance in a hangar at RAF Hemswell,purchased it BUT before I got chance to recover the vehicle someone nicked every thing useful off it.:mad: 😡 😡

I’ve seen Klimov, DB and RR engines along side each other.

The Klimov was simple but well built, the DB was over engineered such as needle bearings where clam shell would have been just as good, and the RR engine with 40 technical manuals.

It always appears the the British would bolt something together and hope it would work.

And more often or not it did-ie we didn’t start the industrial revolution for nowt:D

I’ve seen Klimov, DB and RR engines along side each other.

The Klimov was simple but well built, the DB was over engineered such as needle bearings where clam shell would have been just as good, and the RR engine with 40 technical manuals.

It always appears the the British would bolt something together and hope it would work.

Ahh that is why the Germans lost the war, everything was way over-engineered, built to last… While the British stuff was built to ‘just to do the job’ and nothing more…..

The Russians did that even a little bit better. The British always seemed to “muddle” through I read somewhere. One of the results was the Beaufighter for instance.

Cees

todays breakdown call for me was to one of two standby generators.
both powered by ww2 deutz ‘ u-boat engines’ according to the guy maintaining the site.
sure enough both were deutz and very old..
both engines running and sounding great.
( it was the UK built generator that was broken..)

Ahh that is why the Germans lost the war, everything was way over-engineered, built to last… While the British stuff was built to ‘just to do the job’ and nothing more…..

In 1917 the RNAS airship SST3 was powered by Rolls Royce Hawk engines.

In 1922 a speedboat was designed around one of the engines taken from the airship and appropriately named “Canfly”. She took part in a lot of the Windermere Motor Boat Club’s early activities and, until just a few years ago, was still maintained in running order and claimed to be the oldest Rolls Royce aero engine in the world still working.

Allan

Hi Jerry,

On a similar theme.

In April 1945 Mosquito Mk XVIII Tsetse PZ467 was shipped to the US Naval base at Petuxant River Naval Station in Maryland. It was used for evaluation tests against the B25 with the 75mm gun.

After testing it was stored and eventually sold to a civy pilot. After changing hands a few more times it suffered a landing acident and was eventually scrapped. The two Merlin engines were sold to a guy in Miami for his speedboat. It is posible they are still being used today.

Alex