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	Mosquito Variants
		Two Mk.6 Mosquitos were modified for deck landing and converted to Sea Mosquitos by adding an arrestor hook, strengthening the rear fuselage and fitting four bladed propellers, becoming the basis for the Mk.33.
		The PR.VIII was converted from B.IV by fitting special Merlin 61 intercooled engines with two speed, two stage superchargers and adding provision for two 50 gallon jettisonable wing tanks.
		Merlin 25 engines, manually operated folding wings and pneumatic landing gear with smaller wheels.
	www.mossie.org /Mosquito_var.htm (1186 words)

	[1.0] Mosquito Origins & Variants
		The engine installation was particularly clean, with elegant slender cowlings and circular ram-air inlets in the leading edge of the wing on each side of each engine to provide cooling air for the engine radiators.
		The twin Merlin engines, which drove three-bladed variable-pitch propellers, were mounted on welded steel-tube frames inside low-drag nacelles, with the radiators fitted into the wing between the fuselage and the nacelles.
		The two-stage Merlin 61 proved to be the right thing at the right time, since the RAF's Spitfire V was finding themselves outclassed by the Focke-Wulf FW-190, and the new engine variant was hastily fitted to the Spitfire V airframe to create the more potent Spitfire IX.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avmoss1.html (7695 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Falcon V
		The Falcon V is a Falcon family two stage to orbit RP-1 kerosene/liquid oxygen semi-reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
		The 1st stage includes five Merlin engines and the upper stage includes one Merlin engine.
		The Falcon V is designed for maximum reliability and safety, being the first American rocket since the Saturn V to have "engine out" capability on the first stage, with failure of up to three Merlin engines resulting in a successful flight, depending on when during flight the engine failure takes place.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Falcon-V (569 words)

	Avro Lancaster 683 Mk. I, II, III
		Alternative engines needed to be found and lead to the construction of the next two variants, the Mk.
		Once it was apparent that the engine would be in short supply, due to the high demand for its services, an alternative engine was sought out and found in the 1,735 hp Bristol Hercules radial VI and XVI versions.
		The decision to abandon the Bristol engine was made in favor of the first Rolls-Royce Merlin engines being built by the United States by Packard.
	www.qsl.net /n3yqh/WWII/lancaster.htm (815 words)

	Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - Falcon 9
		The pintle style injector at the heart of Merlin was first used in the Apollo Moon program for the lunar module landing engine, one of the most critical phases of the mission.
		With a vacuum specific impulse of 304s, Merlin is the highest performance gas generator cycle kerosene engine ever built, exceeding the Boeing Delta II main engine, the Lockheed Atlas II main engine and the Saturn V F-1.
		The SpaceX nine engine architecture is an improved version of the architecture employed by the Saturn V and Saturn I rockets of the Apollo Program, which had flawless flight records despite losing engines on a number of mission.
	www.spacex.com /falcon9.php (1021 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The Merlin, probably the only aero engine ever to become a household name, was developed in the early 1930s by Rolls-Royce, a company with a long history of designing world class automobiles and aero engines.
		Bristol manufactured high-powered air-cooled radial engines, favoured for the emerging airlines; Armstrong-Siddeley also manufactured radials, though of less developed design, which were used in RAF training aircraft and in many military aircraft sold for export; Rolls-Royce built water-cooled in-line engines, chosen by aircraft designers for the clean aerodynamic nose they allowed on high-speed fighters.
		The Merlin was also the subject of a major industrial effort with over 150,000 examples being produced by Rolls-Royce at Derby, Crewe and Glasgow, by the Ford Motor Company in Manchester and by Packard in the United States.
	www.fathom.com /feature/122596/index.html (910 words)

	AVRO Lancaster Heavy Bomber
		The Lancaster was born with superb handling characteristics, relatively high speed and the capability of hauling a heavy load over a long distance.
		Other than the engines it differed from it's progenitor in the adoption of a mid-upper and belly turrets.
		The Lancaster I was fitted with the Bristol Hercules radial engine and renamed the Lancaster II.
	www.constable.ca /lanc.htm (735 words)

	New Launchers - SpaceX Falcon
		Merlin is a gas generator cycle engine that uses a pintle style injector design adapted from the Apollo Lunar Module engine.
		The engines were not quite as efficient as planned, requiring thrust to be increased to offset the lower specific impulse.
		Merlin was integrated with the first flight vehicle in April, 2005 and on May 27, 2005, the first 5-second hot fire test occurred at SLC 3W.
	www.geocities.com /launchreport/blog017.html (1988 words)

	Rolls-Royce V1650 Merlin Engine
		The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is recognized at the powerplant that won the battle of Britain during WWII.
		Boat racers began experimenting with Merlin engines in the late 1940's, but it was the Allison engine which became the established Unlimited powerplant in the late 1940's and early 1950's, the Golden Gate III first using an Allison in 1946 and the Miss Peps V winning the 1947 Gold Cup with Allison power.
		The plane was a low-wing monoplane with an aluminum monocoque fuselage, the engine being mounted in a chrome-moly tubular frame attached directly to the firewall which transferred loads to the upper fuselage with two upper longerons, the lower mounts were part of the lower wing spar, transferring loads directly to the wing.
	www.unlimitedexcitement.com /Pride%20of%20Pay%20n%20Pak/Rolls-Royce%20Merlin%20V-1650%20Engine.htm (6862 words)

	Engines
		Engine manufacturers are with few exceptions all privately owned companies who do their own design and solve their own problems.
		Merlin engines were used on a number of other aircraft types such as Avro Lancaster, DeHavilland Mosquito, Hawker Hurricane, Handley Page Halifax, Vickers Wellington II, Fairey's Barracudas and Fulmars.
		The jet engine was on its way and by the end of the war Rolls-Royce moved their investments to this new engine type, which quickly had shown its capabilities when fitted on fighting aircraft.
	www.spitfire.dk /Chapter5.htm (1281 words)

	Rolls-Royce Merlin and Griffon
		The Merlin B was tried with a ramp head to the cylinder which had improved fuel mixing and flame propagation in Rolls auto engines, and in February 1935 delivered 950HP at 11000 feet equivalent.
		This engine was the Merlin C. By this time the promise of a low-profile aero engine of 1000HP had persuaded both RJ Mitchell and Sydney Camm to base their designs around this new untried engine.
		Few engines tolerate full power loads for any great period, but there are examples on record of Lancaster pilots losing one of their Merlins shortly after takeoff, but simply continuing the mission with all the remaining throttles pushed to the stops.
	www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk /engines.htm (2004 words)

	Rolls Royce Merlin Engine - Great Britain
		The original Mustangs were fitted with the low-altitude rated Allison engine, but as the possibilities of the Mustang as a high-altitude fighter became realized, it was decided to fit a Merlin engine.
		The the -3 engine supercharger cut-in at 19,000 feet, and on the -7, between 14,500 and 19,000 feet.
		One weakness of the Merlin was that it could be put out of action by a single bullet, or piece of shrapnel, but this applied to all liquid-cooled engines, and did not detract from the Mustang's all-round capabilities.
	www.aviation-history.com /engines/merlin.htm (480 words)

	The Red Tail Project
		The gestation of the Merlin began with the famous R type engine of the Supermarine SG Schnieder Cup Seaplane racers in 1929 with the ultimate goal of developing a reliable engine suitable for military application developing 1000 horsepower.
		Of the total of 150,000 total Merlin engines produced, 60,000 were built under license in Detroit, Michigan at the Packard Motor Company, a grand old name in the annals of the motor city famous for its slogan "Ask the Man Who Owns One".
		But it is truly one of the great unappreciated feats of the Rolls Royce/Packard Partnership that the Merlin engine could be assembled by "the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker" and, not to be forgotten, scores of former housewives who became highly skilled workers in response to their country's call.
	www.redtail.org /airplane/engine_history.html (627 words)

	Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - Updates
		Merlin Engine – We continue to conduct Merlin engine test firings on our development engine, and have accumulated over 2,200 seconds of operation on a single engine – equivalent to 13 complete first stage flights.
		We are gearing up to produce Merlin engines at a rate approaching one every two weeks by the end of this year.
		It is worth noting that the SpaceX Merlin engine is the first all-new American hydrocarbon engine for an orbital booster to be flown in forty years, and only the second new American rocket booster engine of any kind in twenty-five years.
	spacex.com /updates.php (2553 words)

	1880 Merlin Portable Steam Engine
		ortable steam engines were used in agriculture to power threshing machines, saw mills and other belt-driven machinery.
		This engine, manufactured in France, was acquired by Henry Ford for his museum at Dearborn, Michigan.
		Unlike most portable engines, the Merlin's boiler is jacketed in brass and is of the double T design.
	www.ohtm.org /eng_merlin.html (60 words)

	Air Force Technology - Merlin - ASW/Transport Helicopter
		The first Merlin, designated HM Mk 1, entered service with the UK Royal Navy in December 1998, at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, where the first squadron of Merlins was formed in October 2001.
		Four Royal Navy Merlins were deployed onboard RFA Fort Victoria replenishment vessel, stationed in the Northern Gulf as part of the UK Amphibious Task Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
		The Merlin is powered by three Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM 322 02/8 engines, each fed by an individual fuel tank.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/merlin (1184 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		Engine makers can generate as much as four times the revenue from maintenance over the life of an engine as on the initial sale, says Riti Singh, professor of gas turbine engineering at Cranfield University in England.
		The engine is also constructed in a way that makes it easier to adapt to new airplane models than two-shaft motors, letting Rolls-Royce sell it for use on more kinds of aircraft, says Singh.
		Engine deliveries for the three planes total about 900 million pounds a year, equivalent to half the company's revenue from sales of new jets, Cunningham estimates.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=adm1fKVcC9eo&refer=us (1494 words)

	NLS - The Merlin Story
		However it is not acknowledged that without the Merlin engine the Spitfire would not have been the exceptional aircraft that it was.
		The Merlin engine was an important factor in the success of the RAF.
		The official speed record for a piston engine powered aircraft is held by a Mustang (499.048 mph), powered by a Griffon engine which was a later development of the Merlin.
	www.lancastermuseum.ca /s,93_2merlin.html (521 words)

	Retro Track and Air - historic racing car services
		Retro Air is the Warbird Engine Division of Retro Track and Air Ltd — a company with over 20 years hands-on experience in specialist aeronautical engineering.
		Retro Air is the foremost British company in Warbird Piston Engine overhaul and refurbishment, specialising in Rolls Royce Merlin and Griffon engines as used in Lancasters, Spitfires and Hurricanes.
		Retro Air's reputation for high quality aero engineering is well known in Warbird circles throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.
	www.retrotrackandair.com /air_index.htm (177 words)

	Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engines \| Aviation History\| Blueprints
		In 1940, when Britain was at her knees in an air war with Germany, that determined whether Germany would invade, the mighty Merlin powered the Spitfires and Hurricanes in the "Battle of Britain" that thwarted the enemy's attempt.
		The V-1650 liquid-cooled Packard engine was the U.S. version of the famous British Rolls-Royce "Merlin" engine which powered the "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" fighters during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
		The first two Packard-built Merlins to be completed were demonstrated on test stands at a special ceremony at the Packard plant in Detroit on August 2, 1941.
	www.aviationshoppe.com /Rolls-Royce-Merlin.html (1282 words)

	Rolls Royce Merlin 61
		The engine was introduced on the Spitfire V in 1941, and variants included the 45M and 46/47 series, these being low and high altitude marks respectively.
		The engines transformed the Spitfire from the Mk.IX onwards (the 60 series powered Spitfire VII and VIII flew later), and the Merlin installation allowed the Mustang to realise its potential as a world-class fighter.
		Engines for aircraft of US manufacture were given the American V-1650 designation, with a dash number to denote the mark.
	www.spitfireart.com /merlin_engines.html (1812 words)

	Thread: Game is too easy, also flawed?? \| BoardGameGeek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Also note that you may play a merlin card (as a special white) to move excalibur, although if you are on the quest you can certainly throw one in the lake to move the sword closer to you.
		You cannot play a Merlin to move Excalibur, but you may discard a Merlin (which is a white card) to move Excalibur if you are at that quest.
		Also, three Merlins may be used to cancel the effect of a special (but not standard) fl card as it is being played, without requiring one or more heroic actions.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /article/597597 (4766 words)

	Locomotive of the Month
		Why it made the decision to branch out into steam engines is unknown, but in doing so, they followed a century-old tradition of optical-instrument makers who also produced steam engines.
		Merlin's engines were the first to capitalize on Beck's technology.
		These engines were designed to be easy to use by people who had absolutely no familiarity with steam.
	www.sidestreetbannerworks.com /locos/loco57.html (1217 words)

	Spitfire LF & HF Mk IX Test
		The climbing speed used on BS.551 (Merlin 70) was that found to be the best on a standard Spitfire IX with the Merlin 61, since the powers in F.S. supercharger gear are similar.
		Another point of note is that the performance of Spitfire IX BS.551, fitted with the improved high altitude Merlin 70 engine, has a lower ceiling by about 3000 feet than the standard Merlin 61 engined aircraft and subsequently the fall off in rate of climb and level speed is greater than would be anticipated.
		The engine has been returned to the makers for installation in another aircraft, and it is hoped to continue the flight tests with this engine in due course.
	www.fourthfightergroup.com /eagles/bs543.html (1092 words)

	restoring the Merlin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These engines, most notably the six and seven hundred series, were the subject of intense testing and modification until as late as 1960.
		Warbird engines are now starting to accumulate the same time in service that commercial engines of the mid-fifties saw, making major rework necessary on some components.
		No overhauler can expend the resources to engineer and test changes to the Merlin to the same level as they were tested by Rolls Royce, and most of the modifications and repair schemes that Rolls Royce developed for the commercial operators can be used to maintain the military engines with perfectly reliable results.
	www.historicflying.com /engine.htm (508 words)

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		August 2007: Merlin XX gets a new Hamilton Standard type 23-EX propeller which has been cropped to replicate the Rotol RX5 wooden bladed type which was originally fitted to this Beaufighter, albeit half the size.
		The Merlin XX has proved to be in good health, with clean oil filters and a compression test revealing that the rings have bedded in to provide around 120psi compared to 105 typically after it was first rebuilt.
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	www.merlinv12.com (1230 words)

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	www.merlintouch.com (1410 words)

	MERLIN : The deity from Celtic Mythology
		At the very least MERLIN was a druid and the name Myrddin pops up as a possible source.
		Allegedly the son of a demon and a nun, one of his main claims to fame is that he moved Stonehenge from Ireland to its present location.
		We at Godchecker do have a vested interest in MERLIN, and all could be revealed in due course, although we doubt it.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/celtic-mythology.php?deity=MERLIN (242 words)

	North American P-51B/C Mustang
		The engine was to be the Packard V-1650-3, based on the Merlin 68.
		The engine installation was further refined, with a rectangular filtered-air inlet being added in each side of the carburetor duct, and the exhaust expelled through individual ejector stubs projecting through a slim fairing.
		Initially, the P-51B and C had the Packard V-1560-3 engine rated at 1400 hp for takeoff and 1450 hp at 19,800 feet and carried four 0.50-inch machine guns with a total of 1260 rounds.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p51_8.html (4221 words)

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