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1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

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  • 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

    Does anyone know where I can find a link to the description of a Merlin Racing Engine and what it goes through as it is racing around the course, I have seen this paragaph somewhere but cannot find it again. It describes how fast the engine is turning, what it is comsuming, how far the a/c goes, I beleive in a one second interval. I thought it was from Rolls Royce, I visited their website but cannot find it anywhere, if anyone has an idea where it is I would appreciate it, thanks.

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    Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

    Here ya go...



    Michael

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    • #3
      Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

      Only thing I can say is.... that's cool!

      Tommy

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      • #4
        Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

        Utterly amazing!
        Scott Adie
        www.osgfx.com

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          Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

          There is another. I will see if I can get it up soon. Tom Fey is the man....
          Bill Pearce

          Old Machine Press
          Blue Thunder Air Racing (in memoriam)

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            Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

            So it took me 2 hours. Thanks for the kick in the rear. I have been meaning to do this (and a few other things).

            Here is "One Second on the Course with Dreadnought"

            A big round of applause to Tom Fey!

            Bill Pearce

            Old Machine Press
            Blue Thunder Air Racing (in memoriam)

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              Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

              Nice article, thanks for the link

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                Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

                Thanks alot for both of those links, I had to show those to some guys that were talking about how much a Drag racing engine went through in the 5 odd seconds it runs, not that I have anything againist Drag racing, its awsome but just had to put my .02 in for Air Racing.

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                • #9
                  Re: 1 second in the life of a Racing Merlin?

                  TOP FUEL 8 grand of ponies @ 4.5 sec reality check

                  4.5 sec under load
                  7600 revs =s
                  125/sec
                  =s
                  4.5x125
                  =s ~ 600 rotations
                  ./. by 2
                  =s
                  300 actual power strokes getting to the beams
                  (66 revs/sec)


                  obviously they do the deal..... ie. mid 4s @ 330 klicks

                  never been good a math... do the nmbers look rght?

                  BM

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