I WANT ONE

[zedmeister]

Can Anyone donate £120,000 to a worthy cause   Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee    PLEASE!!!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPERMARINE-SPITFIRE-MK-26-/321094108864?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item4ac2b346c0

Not exactly the Merlin powerplant and soundtrack, but who cares.

[viper]

Cant get the pics to load , but i know of this plane, they are amazing and the v8 sounds very similair to the old v12 merlin when in full chat on a low flyby. 120k is actually a very good price and they dont often come onto the market, made in france i think.

[O.C.]

WOW ! that is a stunning plane 

[patrick]

or why not splash out and have a new one...... I suppose if you need to ask the price you won't be buying!

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/March2012/Models/MK26.html

[beegee]

sorry. have not enough cash

[zedmeister]

No Problem Cheque will do, alternatively the deeds to your house maybe ?????, i can pay you back over the next couple of mileniums---- Honest Guv. 

[Lonewolf]

You'd think for that sort of money you'd get summat a bit more modern! 

[Ros]

... and the v8 sounds very similair to the old v12 merlin when in full chat on a low flyby.

Absolutely NO WAY.   

NO.   

NOT.   

NEGATIVE. 

NOTHING sounds like a Merlin engine when in full chat on a low flyby.

Especially two of them on a Mosquito... 

For your aural pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-I4hZah_Pc

[O.C.]

I've never had the opportunity to compare the sounds referred to

BUT I have heard a Spitfire flying past at relatively close quarters and the sound is absolutely amazing 

[Ros]

OK, this is the Spitfire made from a Kit (possibly like that referred to by Patrick) with the V8 engine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmkiGU3ZAc

And this is the proper one with the Merlin V12...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSSI2WdSAP8

Absolutely no contest (in terms of the sound)   

[Boomer]

The only sound out there to compare with the Merlin (Supercharged 27 litre V12) is the Griffon (Supercharged 37 litre V12).
2 Merlins in a Mosquito can be beaten by the sound of 4 Griffons in a Lancaster, but for that fast flyby thrill it's a Spitfire Merlin every time for me.

[Ros]

Hmmm...  I believe the Lancaster also used Merlins.  But the Shackleton used Griffons. 

I could be wrong though...



I agree that a low level Spitfire with a Merlin going over your head makes a fabulous sound.  I only have very distant memories of that though from airshows years ago and the odd Youtube video...

Must upgrade my PC speakers... 

Oooh - I just found a Spitfire with a Griffon engine on it!  It's got a 5 blade prop, and rotates in the opposite direction, apparently... It too sounds awesome - but the sound is definitely different...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlIGQ6pnlvQ

[zedmeister]

I can remember watching the Red Bull Air Race a couple of years ago, i believe there were a few of the american planes, i think they were mustangs ( please correct me if i am wrong ) and they sounded awesome, as the spitfire -- would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Nutters doing 400mph  at 50 foot.

[Ros]

Yup the P51 Mustang sported a Merlin engine too

The Red bull air races use some more modern stuff though like the Zivko Edge 540 or Corvus Racer.  Usually they come with Lycoming engines.

I don't know what you have to smoke to do those kind of air races... But I want some 

[viper]

i did say similair sound , not better, the average joe would think it was a real spitfire