When the chief engineer for the German aero maker Blohm and Voss got hold of a recovered Pratt and Whitney R-2800 and saw that the lapping of the two halves for the crankcase was machined with such great precision that it not only didn’t need a sealing gasket, it also …
RB.211- The Engine That Sank and Then Saved Rolls Royce
When Rolls Royce went into receivership in 1971, it was like a hammer blow to british industry and was almost as unthinkable as the fall of the monarchy or the Chruch of England, and yet one single project caused more damage than the combined forces Hilter and the Luftwaffe in …
The Legendary Napier Deltic – Super Diesel Triangle Engine
As I did the video for the Rolls Rolls Crecy engine a short while back it reminded me about another equally eccentric British engine that not only made the Crecy look simple by comparison, it was the most powerful high-speed diesel engine for its weight and size at the time …
Rolls Royce Crecy – The Most Advanced Piston Aero Engine Never Made.
We are all aware of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, the driving force behind so many of the most important aircraft of world war two like the Spitfire, Mustang, Hurricane, Mosquito and Lancaster to name just a few. But behind the scenes, another Roll Royce engine was poised to take …