Re: Rolls Royce vs. Packard:Who Built a Better Merlin?

Posted by JWL On 2020/2/7 12:31:04

Merlins were being built by four manufactures by the end of the war: Rolls Royce, Packard, Ford and Continental. The main requirement by the RAF was being able to change engines, regardless of who made them, with no changes to the aircraft in which they were being installed. Regardless of which was the better engine, Packard's accomplishments in building a manufacturing facility of 100,000 square feet in the matter of several weeks and making more than 55,000 of these engines is something to take notice. There is more - much more - to this story.