In the current copy of Fly RC (January 2005)is an article on a scratch build 1/8 scale working Rolls Royce Merlin !
Built by Dick Yeagley over a 10 year period with information provided by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the EAA and the Stallion 51 Group
made out of all aircraft material, no castings
It burns 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline ,lubricated by a 50/50 mix of 5x30 castrol motor oil and Shaler Rislone and cooled by diluted ethylene glycol
Its been ran at approximately 5,000 rpm with a 17in 4 bladed prop
Built by Dick Yeagley over a 10 year period with information provided by the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the EAA and the Stallion 51 Group
made out of all aircraft material, no castings
It burns 100-octane low lead aviation gasoline ,lubricated by a 50/50 mix of 5x30 castrol motor oil and Shaler Rislone and cooled by diluted ethylene glycol
Its been ran at approximately 5,000 rpm with a 17in 4 bladed prop
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