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If a Westland Whirlwind (Fighter, NOT helecopter) was to be built from scratch, would it be possible in theory to fit merlins (with a modified cooling arrangement) instead of the rather rare Perigrines…
Fraid not, being that the Whirly was built around the Peregrines it would have to have had a major refit to cope with a couple of Merlins… It was, if I remember correctly, said by Westlands that they could refit the Whirly with Merlins, but there has never been any data to say how they were to do it… American engines, although again, type not specified, were also put up to save the beast and the Napier Dagger was also a contender…
So, you would either have to, pinch the one that R-R Derby has in their museum and then fabricate another or find something around the size and power of the Peregrine and use that… I personally would not mind if someone would build a replica using modern day composits and anything thing else that could get something very much like a Whirlwind back up in the air… 😉
then why hot use the motor’s that the peregrine was developed from kestral’s as there seem’s to be a few lying around in afganastan:eek:,with the new build and no miltary equipement kestrals should power it quite nicely:diablo:
paul
now i have the plan all i need is the money(i wish)
as to the hp42 wasn’t there a second group hoping to build one as well?
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