let's see who can answer this one.?

Question

what planes used the Merlin engine?


There are many out there people who know a thing or two about WWII can answer this.

NOTE there more than one type.

Answer 1

Hawker Hurricane Beaufighter , P-51 Mustang Hotspur, Supermarine Spitfire, Defiant, F-82 Twin Mustang, Barracuda, Mosquito, Hornet, Wellington, Whitley, Fulmar, Canadair 4, Miles M.20, Lincoln, Battle, Kittyhawk, Halifax, Athena, Tudor, Balliol, Cierva Air Horse, York, Lancaster, Henley

No I didn't know this I just read it in an aritcle but thanks for teaching me something today. I thought Rolls-Royce were only cars. Very interesting. And it is said that it was technology 50 years before it's time. I wonder why we never learned about that in school! It is very interesting. Thanks again!

More than one type as in engine? The first one had a lot of glitches but they finally perfected it the 7th time... a-g. It was called Merlin 2 or Merlin XX. See I did learn something today!

Answer 2

In the early 1930s Rolls started planning for the future of its aero engine development programmes, and eventually settled on having two basic designs. The 700 horsepower (500 kW) Rolls-Royce Peregrine was an updated, supercharged development of their existing V-12, 22 L Rolls-Royce Kestrel which had been used to great success in a number of 1930s designs. Two Peregrines bolted together on a common crankshaft into an X-24 layout would create the 1,700 hp (1,300 kW) 44 L Rolls-Royce Vulture, for use in larger planes like bombers. There was also the possibility that the famous 36 L 'R' engine from the Supermarine racing planes could be developed into a 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) class engine of its own, itself a development of the Rolls-Royce Buzzard, a scaled up Kestrel.

However this plan left a large gap between 700 and 1,500 hp (500 and 1,100 kW). To fill the gap work was started on a new 1,100 hp (820 kW) class design as the PV-12 – PV for "private venture" as they received no money for work on the project. It first flew on the front of a Hawker Hart biplane in 1935, using the new evaporative cooling system then in vogue. The cooling system proved to be somewhat suspect, and when supplies of ethylene glycol (Prestone) from the US became available, the engine was switched to this system instead.

In 1936 the Air Ministry called for new fighter aircraft with airspeeds that would eventually have to be over 300 mph (480 km/h). Two designs were eventually selected for development, the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. Both were designed around the PV-12 instead of the Kestrel, and were the only modern fighters on the drawing boards. The PV-12 was instantly catapulted to the top of the supply chain and became the Merlin. First widely delivered as the 1,030 hp (770 kW) Merlin II in 1938, production was ramped up quickly. The Merlin I had a 'ramp head' where the inlet valves were at a 45 degree angle to the cylinder. This was not a success and only 172 were made before the conventional flat head arrangement where the valves are parallel to the cylinder was adopted for the Merlin II.

Early Merlins were considered to be rather unreliable, but their importance was too great for this to be left alone. Rolls soon introduced a superb quality control programme to address this. The programme consisted of taking random engines right off the end of assembly line and running them continuously at full power until they broke. They were then disassembled to find out which part had failed, and that part was redesigned to be stronger. After two years of this the Merlin matured into one of the most reliable aero engines in the world, and could be run at full power for entire eight hour bombing missions without complaint.

As it turns out, the Peregrine saw use in only two aircraft, the Westland Whirlwind and the Gloster F9/37. Although the Peregrine appeared to be a satisfactory design, it was never allowed to mature as Rolls-Royce's priority was troubleshooting the Merlin. The Vulture was fitted to the Hawker Tornado and Avro Manchester, but proved unreliable due to big-end failures caused by lubrication problems. With the Merlin soon pushing into the 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) range on its own, both engines were cancelled in 1943.

By the end of its production run, over 150,000 Merlin engines were built.

Answer 3

Supermarine spitfire with Rolls Royce Merlin Kestrel motors, most of the Hurricanes used them., I think the Mosquitos used Rolls Royce Merlin's also but I am not certain of that. after answering this I went to the wikipedia, nice article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_engine

Answer 4

Chuck Norris

Answer 5

The spitfire for one, the Hurricane, the Halifax, lancaster, and Wellington bombers, the P-51 Mustang, and a number of one-off car designs...

Answer 6

Spitfire

Answer 7

The British Tornado (guessing)