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Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they
were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to sell it off. I don't believe he wants to profit from it beyond recovering costs. If the engine is valueless or he can't find a buyer there is a possibility (slim) it may be scrapped. However, it would be better if someone would purchase the engine and put it back into one of it's intended applications. If anyone is interested in the engine, even for parts, please post a response here and I will pass it on to him. For those interested, the engine is in Canada (despite me being in Australia). -- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** President of the ozemail.* and uunet.* NG's ** since August 15th 2000. |
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Oops V12 not V2.
-- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** President of the ozemail.* and uunet.* NG's ** since August 15th 2000. |
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![]() "The Raven" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. I think thats probably true, they certainly didnt have the supercharger fit the aero engine had Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to sell it off. I don't believe he wants to profit from it beyond recovering costs. If the engine is valueless or he can't find a buyer there is a possibility (slim) it may be scrapped. However, it would be better if someone would purchase the engine and put it back into one of it's intended applications. If anyone is interested in the engine, even for parts, please post a response here and I will pass it on to him. For those interested, the engine is in Canada (despite me being in Australia). There is almost certainly a market for it, there are a number of Centurions owned by collectors see http://www.milweb.net/go/select/sales.htm Keith |
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
... "The Raven" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. I think thats probably true, they certainly didnt have the supercharger fit the aero engine had Absolutely. I saw one up close (on a stand) but they weren't starting it at the time. Hard to recognise it as an aero engine in caterpillar yellow. Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to sell it off. I don't believe he wants to profit from it beyond recovering costs. If the engine is valueless or he can't find a buyer there is a possibility (slim) it may be scrapped. However, it would be better if someone would purchase the engine and put it back into one of it's intended applications. If anyone is interested in the engine, even for parts, please post a response here and I will pass it on to him. For those interested, the engine is in Canada (despite me being in Australia). There is almost certainly a market for it, there are a number of Centurions owned by collectors see http://www.milweb.net/go/select/sales.htm Thanks, will look into it. Hopefully someone in Canada is interested. -- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** President of the ozemail.* and uunet.* NG's ** since August 15th 2000. |
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The Raven wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "The Raven" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me how similar these engines were to the Merlin? I know they were a derivative but being intended for ground use may be so totally different as to be useless for any aviation application. I think thats probably true, they certainly didnt have the supercharger fit the aero engine had Absolutely. I saw one up close (on a stand) but they weren't starting it at the time. Hard to recognise it as an aero engine in caterpillar yellow. Why do I ask? An acquaintance has just acquired a complete Meteor engine and is looking to sell it off. I don't believe he wants to profit from it beyond recovering costs. If the engine is valueless or he can't find a buyer there is a possibility (slim) it may be scrapped. However, it would be better if someone would purchase the engine and put it back into one of it's intended applications. If anyone is interested in the engine, even for parts, please post a response here and I will pass it on to him. For those interested, the engine is in Canada (despite me being in Australia). There is almost certainly a market for it, there are a number of Centurions owned by collectors see http://www.milweb.net/go/select/sales.htm Thanks, will look into it. Hopefully someone in Canada is interested. -- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** President of the ozemail.* and uunet.* NG's ** since August 15th 2000. Just an aside.............. I used to work for the UK MOD as a Civil Servant - one job I had was in NATO Codification - the allocation of parts numbers to NATO Stock items. We were told the story about the reasons behind the drive to standardise parts/stock numbers between the NATO allies - and even between the UK Services. In the olden days if a Royal Navy Landrover broke down or had a puncture outside an Army barracks - it could not get spare parts at the Army stores - the part numbering systems were completely different!! The Army landrover rode on Tubes, Inner & Covers, Outer, the RN landrover probably just had Tires and Inner Tubes!!! Meanwhile - back at RR Meteor/Merlins......... Apparently during the Korean war a USAF Sqn of P-51's were grounded due to a shortage of spare parts for their Packard Merlins. Over the next hill was an Australian army tank battalion - equipped with British Centurion tanks. The Centurions had RR Meteor engines - and if they had only had a common parts nomenclature/numbering system, the Aussie could have supplied the Yanks with parts! It is probably an apocryphal story - and certainly exagerated, but a good one nonetheless. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ |
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Thinking E-Bay on this one... if it can't find a home in a tank or plane, it
might go well in a competition pulling tractor or race boat of some sort. There was a RR Griffon on E-Bay a while back. |
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![]() "Ken Duffey" wrote in message ... Meanwhile - back at RR Meteor/Merlins......... Apparently during the Korean war a USAF Sqn of P-51's were grounded due to a shortage of spare parts for their Packard Merlins. Over the next hill was an Australian army tank battalion - equipped with British Centurion tanks. The Centurions had RR Meteor engines - and if they had only had a common parts nomenclature/numbering system, the Aussie could have supplied the Yanks with parts! It is probably an apocryphal story - and certainly exagerated, but a good one nonetheless. It was not until the beginning of 1952 that the Australian Army finally received it's first Centurion tanks. These first tanks were given to 1 Armoured Regiment. 1 Armoured Regt did not serve in Korea. |
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L'acrobat wrote:
"Ken Duffey" wrote in message ... Meanwhile - back at RR Meteor/Merlins......... Apparently during the Korean war a USAF Sqn of P-51's were grounded due to a shortage of spare parts for their Packard Merlins. Over the next hill was an Australian army tank battalion - equipped with British Centurion tanks. The Centurions had RR Meteor engines - and if they had only had a common parts nomenclature/numbering system, the Aussie could have supplied the Yanks with parts! It is probably an apocryphal story - and certainly exagerated, but a good one nonetheless. It was not until the beginning of 1952 that the Australian Army finally received it's first Centurion tanks. These first tanks were given to 1 Armoured Regiment. 1 Armoured Regt did not serve in Korea. I said the story was probably apophrycal........... Stop spoiling it with facts! How about the Comet tank - what engine did that have - and did the Aussies use it - and was it in Korea ?? Desperately trying to salvage a good story............ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++ |
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