Reality

[JG52Krupi]

How an engineer hopes an overhaul is carried out...

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01386/spitfire_1386850c.jpg

Reality...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6235/6344922143_37dc59017f_z.jpg

:eek:

[Feathered_IV]

The one at the top takes five years or more. The second one is ready by dawn the next day. :cool:

[JG52Krupi]

Yes and was expected to fly at its limit while they are now restricted to reduce the wear and tear :(

The top image is quite interesting apparently it was found in a scrap yard in Australia :o, I knew I should have emigrated :x

[banned]

Yes and was expected to fly at its limit while they are now restricted to reduce the wear and tear :(

The top image is quite interesting apparently it was found in a scrap yard in Australia :o, I knew I should have emigrated :x
Yeah you should have mate. I know of a Spitty sitting on the bottom of a lake. Crashed during training. Use to police in the area and it was well known. Unfortunately it can't be lifted. The local Aboriginal people won't allow it.

[Hood]

The bottom one looks like its being dismantled for spares - the prop is bent as if it belly landed and I doubt they'd strip everything including the wings just for a service.

Great pic though.

Hood

ps the top Spit looks like a 2-seater. Second only to a Merlin-engined Buchon on my all-time list of fugly aircraft.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Christ Krupi, I so wish that top pic was a photo of my garage...........:(

[raaaid]

as an engineer i find 1000 times more apealing the 2nd than the 1st

[Hood]

as an engineer i find 1000 times more apealing the 2nd than the 1st

Reality check - you're not an engineer you're an unemployed long-term engineering student.

Hood

[JG52Krupi]

as an engineer i find 1000 times more apealing the 2nd than the 1st

I am an engineer if I saw an aircraft being maintained like that I would stop flying buy a bunker and listen to distant sound of aircraft smashing into the ground above me.

Your not an engineer, I don't know what you are but your definitely not an engineer.

[arthursmedley]

The top image is quite interesting apparently it was found in a scrap yard in Australia :o, I knew I should have emigrated :x

About thirty years ago this man found a Mossie in his local aussie scrapyard and amongst other things built himself this;

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh112/arthursmedley/luckykeiser.jpg

I still can't decide whether what he did was sacrilege or an interesting variation on the V-twin theme.

[JG52Krupi]

About thirty years ago this man found a Mossie in his local aussie scrapyard and amongst other things built himself this;

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh112/arthursmedley/luckykeiser.jpg

I still can't decide whether what he did was sacrilege or an interesting variation on the V-twin theme.

HE DID WHAT!!!! Where does he live this man DESERVERS TO DIE!

[IvanK]

Gum trees in the background :)

[ATAG_Dutch]

Kookaburra lives in the old gumtree-ee, merry little king of the bush is he-ee, etc. :D

Torn here. Mosquitoes/Merlins/Motorbikes, all from the same mould. Sort of. I want the bike though. :(

[Ibis]

Reality...

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6235/6344922143_37dc59017f_z.jpg

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Damn they're quick, didn't even wait for the pilot to get out:mrgreen:

[arthursmedley]

Torn here. Mosquitoes/Merlins/Motorbikes, all from the same mould. Sort of. I want the bike though. :(

I know exactly what you mean Dutch. Spot of good news here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujt7ERhrDfM&feature=player_embedded

Won't be too long now!

http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Airshows&thread=16707&page=21

[WTE_Galway]

Merlins were a dime a dozen in Australia back in the 70s when I was in college. i remember visiting a shed where a guy had half a dozen lined up ready to sell to boat racers. Apparently the boat racing guys chewed through several Merlins a season.

They are also used here as tractor pull engines. The one below has been heavily modified with DOHC and produces substantially more horsepower than stock.

http://www.jobbo.com.au/quadcam2.jpg

[Christop55her]

The top image is quite interesting apparently it was found in a scrap yard in Australia

http://www.gqth.info/0.jpghttp://www.gqth.info/7.jpghttp://www.gqth.info/8.jpghttp://www.gqth.info/9.jpghttp://www.ymeu.info/test5.jpg

[Sternjaeger II]

I don't really think the engine on that bike is a Merlin :rolleyes:

Another common engine that is mistakenly referred to as "Merlin" but only looks like one is the Rolls-Royce Meteor, which was the "ground" version of the Merlin, produced for tanks and that had cast pistons (!!!) and lower grade components.

[Al Schlageter]

I don't really think the engine on that bike is a Merlin :rolleyes:

Another common engine that is mistakenly referred to as "Merlin" but only looks like one is the Rolls-Royce Meteor, which was the "ground" version of the Merlin, produced for tanks and that had cast pistons (!!!) and lower grade components.

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/20/5000cc-v-twin-motorcycle-engine-for-sale/

"This engine was built in 1982 and was adapted from a 27 liter V12 aero engine by Australian engineer Lucky Keizer. According to the listing it was used in a streamliner that holds the current Australian record for the 3001cc+ class. The particular V12 used as a source for this V-twin was originally at home on a Mosquito bomber."

Another link, http://www.choppersaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=6505