More SPIT 🔥The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was later called Merlin following the company convention of naming its four-stroke piston aero engines after birds of prey. The engine benefitted from the racing experiences of precursor engines in the 1930s.#warbird #ww2planes #flying #spitfire #ww2 #pilot #rollsro

A license built engine that would power one of the finest fighters of the war - the Packard V-1650 Merlin #warbirds #ww2 #wwii #p51 #mustang | Daniel J Wheatcroft

76K views · 2.5K reactions | Warbird A-Z: P is for Packard; the license built Packard Merlin accounted for 55,000 examples of the Rolls-Royce designed engine. The P-40F incorporated a Packard Merlin. #ww2 #ww2history #packard #merlin #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

PISTON ENGINES TO JET: From the Merlin's WWII Roar to the Jet's Scream. https://youtu.be/-Xd4kdlau-I Fully restored and colorized footage. The story of the Rolls-Royce Merlin and Frank Whittle's jet engine, two British inventions that defined air power in WWII and the Cold War. We explore the Merlin's role with Rolls-Royce engineer Stanley Hooker, its American production as the Packard Merlin, the secret gift of the jet engine to the USA, and the later sale to the Soviet Union. #aviation #merlin

170K views · 2.1K reactions | When coffee ☕ doesn't wake you up  Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 27L | Rods 'N Pistons | Facebook