Re: Packard Merlin Engine V-1560

Posted by Gary On 2012/1/11 15:44:06

Wow Owen!...bet that whole cruise was an awesome adventure! I've heard 'um...watched 'um too and the whine of that two stage Wright supercharger is enough to bring tears to a mans eyes!...I'm in awe everytime I think about the engineering that went into the development of WWII aircraft but they out-did themselves with the P-51...guys that fly them now say that they are amazed that the pilots of the era could fly them as long and as far as they did...stating that the noise from the engine is excruciating and I'm sure it would be riding behind a what, 1500 H.P. mill with no exhaust system? They also say that the plane requires constant attention to fly it and is somewhat hard to correct and easy to over-correct but it is what it is...in it's day it was unmatched raw high performance...and still is on the racing circuit although I hate it when one goes down.