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Legalize the Constitution |
I love this sort of thing, and I believe lots of members here do as well. Leno acquired a Packard-built RR Merlin aircraft engine. He had it restored to its full glory as a demonstration engine. He explains in detail how it works and then lights it up. _______________________________________________________ despite them | ||
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Semper Fi - 1775 |
Wow. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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| Big Stack |
He needs to find a P-51 to wrap around it. | |||
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Master-at-Arms |
Jay is the man. Foster's, Australian for Bud | |||
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| Live Slow, Die Whenever  |
Wrong Merlin, Jays is a -1 which was used in the P40 Kittyhawk. "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist" | |||
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| Legalize the Constitution |
Didn’t know that; I thought they were all Allisons _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
Working for him must be a dream job for a mechanic. | |||
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes |
Jay has all the coolest toys. _______________________ “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” ― Frank Zappa | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Jay has all the coolest $$$. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Wait, what? |
Very cool- ol Jay really has a passion pretty much unmatched. Good lord, to take a ride in that Lancaster at 9:30. What a thrill that would be “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
I think the coolest sound I've ever heard was the sound of Merlin and Allison V-12's in the Unlimited Hydroplanes of the early 60's. Hearing 8 of those things on the front straight at full throttle is a full body experience. By that I mean that you felt them clear down to your bones as well as a full scale assault on your eardrums. Those were the days! Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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I know very little about that particular engine but Jay mentions 4000 R.P.M. which seems awfully high for a WWII combat aircraft engine. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
A Merlin sounds great, but a Double Wasp is where its at. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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I've got this old truck that needs an engine, I wonder if a person could... No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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To all of you who are serving or have served our country, Thank You |
Thanks for posting really enjoyed it. You got that right! The Thunderboats | |||
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Truth Wins |
You can tell whether a P-40 has an Allison or a Merlin by whether or not it has a carb air intake scoop on the top of the engine cowling just behind the propellor. If it has a scoop, Allison. If not, Merlin. Merlin  Allison  The Merlins used in P-40s did not have the same supercharger as those in P-51. In the P-40, the supercharger was 1 stage, 2 speed unit that gave the engine only slightly better high altitude performance over the Allison. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
Every single one of the Packard-built Merlin engines came in its serially-numbered crate with a serial-numbered jig and tool kit, every single part of which was serial-numbered to match the engine and everything else. A retired engineer of my acquaintance has such a set of tool on the walls of his man-cave. He also has the engine that goes with it. He also displays it a couple of times a year. He opines that the Packard-built engines were all totally interchangeable, whereas the Rolls-Royce engines needed an amount of hand-fettling to get things fitting properly. | |||
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Amazing. Jay's work post-latenight redeems him, IMHO | |||
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Raptorman |
One of the few who put their earned fortune to good use. I admire Jay for it. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Shaman |
I know where one is sitting in front of a business. Just sitting there. Not many left after all the racers destroyed them.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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