Great animation of Spitfire engine strip and rebuild...

[Sideways Tim]

Don't know if you've seen this before, but it's great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME&fea...

[v8250]

tim, that's a great video to brighten up a friday afternoon. hats off to whom ever made this video

[Riley Blue]

Brilliant! I really must rebuild those two spare engines of mine soon, watching that might just have spurred me on to strip one.

[Perd Hapley]

That's just superb! Very well done too. Hauling an engine about is tiring enough without having to remember to take a picture every few seconds!

Chrysler made a film (in 3D colour!) for the 1939 World's Fair which showed a car being assembled in a similar fashion called In Tune with Tomorrow then New Dimensions and later Motor Rhythm. I can only find the crappy 50s 3D version online but if one of the non-3D versions crops up online it's definately worth watching.

[williamp]

thats fantastic! Not even bothered that its not a RR Merlin..

[//j17]

The cylinder head nut tightening sequence was all wrong!

[na]

that's better than a masterclass video I've seen

also a great video in it's own right

[XJ13]

Love it!

[Brother D]

Great video! (But am I the only one (and probably Eric Mc) a little dissapointed it wasn't a Merlin strip and rebuild)?

[paulrussell]

Brother D said:

Great video! (But am I the only one (and probably Eric Mc) a little dissapointed it wasn't a Merlin strip and rebuild)?

No you're not. I had a wild thought that it was a Merlin strip and rebuild.

[Rubin215]

paulrussell said:

Brother D said:

Great video! (But am I the only one (and probably Eric Mc) a little dissapointed it wasn't a Merlin strip and rebuild)?

No you're not. I had a wild thought that it was a Merlin strip and rebuild.

That's the only reason I clicked on this thread!

[0a]

That was brilliant, thanks!

Good to see it has had over 100k views as well.

[Ayahuasca]

paulrussell said:

Brother D said:

Great video! (But am I the only one (and probably Eric Mc) a little dissapointed it wasn't a Merlin strip and rebuild)?

No you're not. I had a wild thought that it was a Merlin strip and rebuild.

Nah, Eric would have much preferred a Griffon strip and rebuild!

[caziques]

Spitfire Mk IV engine, with 1500 carbs, fitted to a Mk II.

Superb piece of photography.

[Spitfire2]

caziques said:

Spitfire Mk IV engine, with 1500 carbs, fitted to a Mk II.

Superb piece of photography.

Pedant mode - they are HS2 carbs. Standard 1300.

[woodytype S]

I'm in the middle of doing that"

[caziques]

Spitfire2 said:

caziques said:

Spitfire Mk IV engine, with 1500 carbs, fitted to a Mk II.

Superb piece of photography.

Pedant mode - they are HS2 carbs. Standard 1300.

Hangs head in shame.

But I will add....with long branch and those filters richer needles are essential. Original AAN or AAX are far too lean.

[FarmerJim]

Excellent. I also clicked on here expecting to see a Merlin, but this is excellent all the same.

[tapkaJohnD]

Meet its maker, slow, on the Sideways Technologies forum:
http://sideways-technologies.co.uk/forums/index.ph...hlvideo

John