Merlin pete.

Hypothetically speaking stick one of your merlins from the trailer into an airframe as it is with the standard carb etc what is the chances of flight?

Will this power up and get to the end of the runway? I very much think so!

What altitude do you think this aircraft would get to without any problems?

Are yours using the standard carbs from the 1940’s? what is used today?

Thanks pp……….

Back to Piston Power’s initial question……
Quite a number of Merlins (likely Packard Merlin 224’s for Lanc’s) were used in the pre-diesel period on well-frac’ing units in the Alberta oil patch. In this regard, an old friend of mine belatedly heard about 5 of them (new, still packed in their original shipping crates, c/w preservative), war-surplus acquired by a well-service company for powering frac compressors. They were squirrelled away in a barn North of Edmonton for 20 years and when he tried to purchase them from the old widow that had them, he learned they had already been sold (at “scrap” value) for $500 each. Somebody made a handsome profit on them as I suspect they have now found homes in P-51 cowlings, south of the border. Back in the days of Merlins on frac units (20,000 psi compressors), heavily leaded fuel was plentiful (100/130 octane avgas) so the valves and pistons in these engines would not have been damaged during the long runs under relatively heavy load.
Mk1

Yes i suspected they was used for other industry just like today ford make so many engines there found in generators & compressors on much smaller scale of course & good to know if anybody wants one not to just look on aviation side of things but to look further a field not that im saying there is plenty full to find one!

Thanks pete for the timing pic…………

Have you got a link to a picture please?

Thats some going for the use of a engine.!

How do you adjust the timing on the merlin?