In 2018 I was in Nelson, New Zealand and visited the Motor Museum there …. there was an aviation section and in a corridor leading to a display hall, I found a cut away engine. I started out in engineering before qualifying as a professional pilot an have always enjoyed working on engines. I clearly remember thinking what a fabulous piece of engineering that engine was. I suspect that engine is now your Napier Sabre engine. I wish you the best of possible luck getting it airborne again. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, VERY well done.

@happyhome41

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Having visited the Udvar-Hazy annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum, my favorite section is propulsion, tucked away under the stairs on the right as one enters the museum on the second level (past the gift shop on the left and the IMAX theater on the right). They have a cut-away there of a Pratt-Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major - according to the plaque was a maintenance trainer for the US Marine Corps. Boggles the mind the complexity and understanding the reported teething problems. I feel the same about the Napier, and a little sad that the development stopped with it.

There’s something about the Merlin that gets into your Soul. I was lucky enough growing up listening to Stories by Pilots and Flight Crews ( Mechanics and Fitters etc ) about their experiences with the Merlin and the early morning start ups ( it’s something you can picture,a line of Spitfires or Hurricanes,Mustangs and Lancaster’s ) spitting fire in the Morning and the Lancs in the Evening. I was lucky in my growing up in a Small village called Sawston,which is a stone throw from Duxford Airfield ( Now the IWM ) so I grew up with the sound of Merlin’s overhead ( I’m 54 now but I still get goosebumps and have to run and look when I hear those Merlin’s growling ). Guy Martin has a Merlin on a Trailer just like that one and when he first got it he had a propeller that wasn’t cut down,the trailer and Merlin actually took off inside his Garage and flew across the Workshop !!! 😮. Guy Martin explains it so much better than me tho and he still laughs about it ! Even when he says about it bouncing off the Workshop Walls !!?. I absolutely Love the Typhoon and it was one of my Late Father’s favourite Aircraft ( he was ex RAF and a Fitter )….. He built by Hand a RC Typhoon with a Wingspan of 10 Feet + and it was huge 😳. He was a bit of a Mad inventor and he hand built a Hang Glider in 1977 from Bamboo and Polythene sheeting….it crashed unfortunately ( I had to drive us home from Haverhill ( Dad was more concerned about my Mum seeing him tho ( he had broken his collarbone ! ). It didn’t put him off though but he did decide to build the next one properly lol 😂 so he ' Found ' Aluminium tubing and he used the correct fabric and he decided throwing himself and the Glider from a Hill wasn’t such a Great idea and so he decided to build it with a Engine ( He hand built the frame for the engine and himself ) he hand carved the Propeller from whatever wood it was ( it made a lot of dust whatever wood it was and he got in trouble from Mum because of the mess he traipsed In from his Shed !). It was a Villiers Engine but it had a Seat and harness. On his Maiden flight at Bourne Airfield there was a Newspaper reporter from the Cambridge Evening News and a photographer who took some Cool pictures. He was a pretty clever Man and good mechanically,he built me a motorised Go cart for my 11th Birthday ( 1978 ) and he bought it home on the roof of his Car ( Much too not much amusement from my Mother Lol 😂 ). I was taught to drive it on Duxford Airfield before the Airfield became the IWM and when I was little ( up to 10 ) we would go for Adventures at the Airfield in the hangers and we would go digging in the old firing range. Dad did volunteer at Duxford and during filming of the Battle of Britain film when they blew up the hangar,his generator was inside the hangar ( nobody knew about the hangar being blown up ! Everyone thought it was just going to be a bigish Bang ). When I was younger we watched Concorde land at Duxford and as it landed the construction of the M11 took place,which meant that Duxford lost the end of its runway and it meant Concorde would be never to fly again. We used to go to all the old Military Air Shows at Mildenhall and Lakenheath and I think my favourite was watching and listening to the Vulcan ( it was my Dads favourite ). He worked on Meteors and Canberra’s when he was in the RAF and he was stationed at BassingBourne which is where he Met my Mum at a Dance in the Village ( Dad was from Jarrow,South Shields )…… He loved Sawston and Duxford and the surrounding Countryside,we when kids would go exploring all over the Countryside and the old crash sites but we would learn about History and the futility of war ( Dad was born in 1935 and his experiences of Newcastle at Wartime were exciting but scary at the same time,he had his life saved by a Air Raid Warden who knew what was falling around from a Dog fight above could kill the kids ( including my Dad and his brother who were watching ). Dad used to say that every House in Newcastle had holes in their Roofs from falling spent rounds and larger pieces of Shrapnel,he saw people who after explosions " just lied down " and it wasn’t until the Air Raid wardens explained about Concussion waves that they realised the people were Dead !. He would go round to see his Friends and find there was no house where it used to be !. Crows were Fat and No Cats were around in the Streets ! Apparently the butchers had ' Rabbits ' hanging in their windows but they weren’t Rabbits ! If you removed the head and feet from a Cat they looked just like Rabbits !!!. Meat was Meat and Dogs would run away from Humans in the Streets,during wartime not many people had pets of any kind. I’ve gone off the beaten track a bit so Sorry for that.! The other thing growing up in my village was we had Polish Pilots who settled down here and the villagers made friends with lots of Americans who were stationed ( bivvied ) at Sawston Hall,all the villagers were encouraged to " Adopt " a Yank or Canadian to help them acclimatise to the English way of life and ways…..My Mum and her family were friends with someone for many years after the War and I have a picture of Him with my Mum and her Brother !. When I was younger I would go to the Local old folks home and hear stories from Men and Women who had served in various roles during WW2 and in the village we had a Hero ( Mr.Vindis ) who settled and built a successful Car sales garage and a shop selling toys as well. In Whittlesford there was a chap named ' German Joe ' who had been a POW and settled in Whittlesford !. Madingly American Cemetery just outside Cambridge is where we honour those Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice. In Whittlesford church yard there are Graves of Polish flyers and the Graves are carefully cared for by the locals…..fresh flowers and mowed nicely with a little memorial in place.

@markbowles2382

Жыл бұрын

@moffat43 .... Thank you so much for "going off on a tangent" so to speak - I for one look for just such gems in the comments sections of videos im interested in, being retired now, I read soldiers memoirs in books as what transpired during times of ww2, it is quite different from the way it is related in most accounts of history, some are so shocking you have to put the book down and take a break, but that is war, and "all's fair in love and war", a drastic business, my grandfather passed through your fair land in '44 as part of the 30th inf.div. heading for fortress Europe, although (asfar as i know) didnt go by plane, because although he chose not to talk about the war, I remember him saying distinctly that he had never been so sick in all his life as he was on that boat in the english channel, he said - "I hung my head over the side saying, sink you soab, sink!", so I dont imagine he was near the airfields - of course they might have camped out on the airfields during their waiting out times, anyway, I very much enjoyed your rambling comment, it seemed honest and open and a great time to be alive and young, anyway, thanks again, from NE FLA.

In 1967, I became aware that our wing commander Bill Bliss, had flown the Typhoon from before D-Day until the end of the war. It is unfortunate, that I didn't have the sense of history at the time to extract more information out of him, but I do remember him telling me that he loved the Typhoon, and the thing about flying it that scared him the most, was the return trip over the English Channel, knowing that he could have battle damage and might have to ditch. He stated, that with that big chin, the minute the aircraft touched the water, it would flip onto its back. He had quite a career, also having flown Sabres in Korea. There were still a lot of guys wearing WWII ribbons on their tunics, and some of them had incredible stories. I am happy to learn you are working to restore a Typhoon in Canada. From watching the video of the one being restored in Duxford, that it was also flown by a Canadian pilot. Quite a legacy.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

It would have been amazing to have served with guys like that post war and hear the stories directly from the source! ~Ian

@jjock3239

Жыл бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd It was all in the beer. I should also have mentioned, there were 30 Canadian Sabre pilots that flew with the Americans in Korea, Bill was also one of that group. (1 kill). My direct boss was a Mossie (fighter version) jockey, and neither of them would talk unless the circumstances were right and they had downed a few. The pilot that flew the Mosquito, flew night intruder missions, and ground attack. After the Forces became integrated, we also had a few retreads from the RCN, that had flown the Sea Fury, McDonnell Banshee, and the Grumman Trackers off the Maggie and the Bonnie. Now, they had some stories to tell (all post war harrowing) like hang on the lip of the carrier by one main, the cable, a hope and a prayer (RIP, Jake Birks). I had a tremendous interest in their careers, and I guess I should have become a part time historian.

They're both beauties but that Napier is going to be something special!

Even my wife liked twilight run:-) What a beast, splendid machine. Looking forward to Napier...

What an amazing achievement. Full credit to the team at Typhoon Legacy. Sorry to see the engine leave your hands but I guess we can’t lose sight of the end goal. If the Merlin is an example of what you can achieve then hang on for exciting times ahead.

I live in New Zealand and work in aviation. oh boy I cant wait to see this in person one day. Nice work!

You are doing a wonderful job ,this is so important to get a Sabre into the air thank you and Rob so much

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike! ~Ian

Those night shots are awesome. It's definitely a bittersweet moment seeing the Merlin go off to NZ, but it'll be amazing seeing the Sabre come to life. Im sure most will agree that we'd love to see more of these engines. Personally, I'm a sucker for technical details: service limits, tolerances, torque specs, fluid types, compression ratios, bore × stroke dimensions, etc. Simply fascinating.

Impressive result all round. Loved the twilight footage.

So glad to see yo back with an update. Amazing work on the Merlin. Can't wait to see your work on the Sabre.

Being a 🇳🇿, looking forward to seeing the engine here.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

It will be sad to see her go, but it will certainly keep the connection between JP843 and NZ going strong! ~Ian

@toxaq

Жыл бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd I can only imagine but a real flying Napier Sabre will be incomparable!

Great video how that Merlin sounded and looked on the trailer was out of this world.Iam in the UK and we go to see Lancaster NX 611 whenever we can and from time to time they do a night taxi and its lovely watch the flames coming out of the exhaust.Cant wait to hear the Napier running.Keep these videos coming and good luck with the rest of the restoration.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike! ~Ian

To see highly talented people in their element, follow Typhoon Legacy. Well done chaps.

I have just been to the RAF museum to see their typhoon at Hendon.The total hrs on the engine and airframe are 9.I thought of you and the team and your magnificent effort to get one airborne pretty much from scratch when it's just sitting there.They also had a centaurus engine in cut away for reference.Keep up the brilliant effort.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joseph, it is often hard to describe the size of the Typhoon, the opportunity to see MN235 up close is really the only way to understand it's mass. ~Ian

I have a fair share of time behind merlins and there is no better sound in the world……that being said i greatly anticipate hearing a Napier engine running….it should be GLORIOUS !👍👍👍👍

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

I suspect there are MANY who feel the same; we shall do our very best! ~Ian

It impresses me that there are people out there that can fix these mighty engines Can’t wait to see you get this done 👍👍

That is an achievement we can all be proud of, So a very big thank you from Sisaket Thailand

Hello lan and Hello Rob . What a fabulous display of that beautiful Merlin . That trailer escapade made me chuckle ! Rather like having a broom with 5 new brushes and 6 handles but it's still the original broom 😆😆 There probably wasn't a dry eye to be seen after that final run . I must add l was rather concerned hat we hadn't seen you for some time and by shear coincedence was going to message you yesterday ! Well done to all lan but particular thanks and gratitude to your untiring devotion . Thankyou lan

That first start was sooo smooth, wow!!

Great video Ian, good way to finish the Merlin project. I understand it was a means to an end, but I am really looking forward to more JP843 content

Outstanding work guys! Can't wait to see what you do with the Sabre.

@frizzlefry5904

Жыл бұрын

Totally, hopefully there will be a sabre story coming soon

I look forward to hopefully see it person one day! If this engine and trailer are your standards then the Typhoon is going to be a jewel! Very impressed. 🙂

Fantastic work from start to finish!

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! ~Ian

If you get a Sabre Running ,legend status will be yours.

Superb all aspects. Fantastic sound of the Merlin running. Never heard or seen a Sabre look forward to that guys. Great job !

Awesome video!

That is one sweet running Merlin, good job chaps.

Congrats Ian! What a result!

Awesome work 😊👍🏻👍🏻

Like everything you have done previously it was bloody good. Exceptional presentation.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Chris, thank you! ~Ian

Really fantastic what you guys pulled off here. Those fenders are sooo beautiful!! She runs like a dream, so smooth but yet powerful. Awesome job! The new owner will be chuffed no doubt.

Congrats to you all, for this wonderful work, hopes are high for future!!

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Very much appreciated. ~Ian

The race is on between you and Kermit Weeks now, to see who gets a Napier Sabre running again. I’ve always loved the Hawker fighters, it’ll be a wonderful achievement to get a Typhoon back into the air.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

2 ай бұрын

I have a feeling Kermit's Tempest will be the first for these engines, while we are working towards the same goal, we also need to build up our airframe. I think any running Sabre will be a win for everyone! ~Ian

Great testimony to you both and your outstanding engineering skills. Now on to the main event the mighty sabre

Good video the Merlin is a superb reliable engine and will do the job. I am ex Napier and hope you get the Sabre going and in he air. It is incredible no Sabre engines were preserved in working order as there were hundreds surplus and all were scrapped. I guess they had not been well liked in service unlike the Merlin.

Enjoyed the video its a shame the engine has to go, the new owners should be very pleased with it Keep up the good work, hope its not to long before the next video. Cheers Ian 👍

Ian, always great when there's an episode, which I must say there aren't enough of. Watching the retrospective account in this video, I can perhaps understand why: you've faced a lot of setbacks, and I understand that sometimes those circumstances rob you of the extra energy needed. It's hard enough that you have to keep vision for this amazing project clear and drive it with the needed energy. Documenting what isn't going well for others (knowing what jerks some KZread audiences can be when things aren't easy) is a big ask. But I do think that you would do yourself a great service to try to figure out how to make more frequent documentation in the public eye work better, and more frequently. The overcoming of difficulties requires that the difficulties also be explained: and no-one ever learned much from a success. Your channel has what I look for: a really knowledgeable, confident, resourceful person doing something that few others could do. When you solve problems, that's the most valuable thing for me, as it is in other channels devoted to rebuilding or building complex projects I watch. The first stuff I saw was the airframe stuff, and I couldn't really believe that you were fabricating the entire thing, and doing such a meticulous job. I think that more of that, and the amazing possibilities in rebuilding the Sabre are just going to be amazing. I'll be watching. As a note, the Fantasy of Flight Channel by Kermit Weeks has a series on the rebuilding of a Bf-108 which has a great style, and a good guy who is in some ways like you - quiet, not flashy, but practical and experienced, and loves working on old airframes. The key thing in that channel is that he's less focused on capturing the actual work being done, and more explaining the progress made from month to month. I love the shopwork stuff you do, but maybe that style of video would be a lower overhead, and easier to pad the rest of the stuff with....?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback Daniel, I am certainly looking at ways to keep people more engaged without taking more time away from the Typhoon itself. Our paid channel is updated more frequently, and includes forums and still images if you are willing to support the cause. typhoonlegacy.vhx.tv

The work you do is very impressive , thankyou ,as a Hawker trained apprentice , even more so ..

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Ian! ~Ian

Wow - you can see why the bombers and night-fighters had to have flame suppressers on!

Great work the engine looks and sounds perfect. Crack on with the build were all behind you 👌👍👍

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much David! ~Ian

Excellent work as always

Fantastic work guys keep it up!!

Phenomenal work gentlemen!

Hi Guys U R Doing A Great Job Having The Mighty Typhoon Rawing Again Hoping To See Her Fly Again Keep It Up Stay Safe All Best M. England.

Look forward to seeing it in New Zealand!

I did my Trade Cert in Automotive Engine reconditioning all up 5 yrs and spending many hours grinding crankshafts, planning heads, cutting valve seats, chrome metal spray building up of journals and engine assembly, so it's fare to say I've done my time and can find my way around the inside of a motor ,so I enjoyed following along, your ups and downs of the rebuild. I hear the pain. But I have never had the opportunity to work on the mighty Merlin Engine... maybe one day eh, I will keep and eye out for Rob-Roy as I am a Kiwi , I've got a feeling as I have done a Doco shoot with a bunch of old WW1 planes, a certain Peter Jackson might be involved, just a guess, cus he really like his planes. One of the highlights of my TV soundy role is a recording I made of his Corsair pulling aerobatics at his fielding base. Best sound in the world ... and completely clean of a yabbering air show announcer spouting endlist facts as they always tend to do and you just want to hear the motors tone.

I have followed the journey and what a journey. Hopefully the Kiwi connection will send you the Merlin's arrival to upload. Keep up your great work in the JP843 project.

Mama mia eu însumi mor după o asemenea tehnologie. Super.

Blimey, well done chaps 👍🏼 ✨

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ~Ian

One of the most beautiful Merlin's I have seen and the drone footage was beautiful! I was lucky enough that my school in Sweden had Meteors (poor mans Merlin I guess) for the students to run and thinker with some 20 years ago. It pissed the math teacher off every time it was running but the students loved the free "music break" XD People always stops what ever they are doing when a Vintage V12 like the Merlin is singing, nothing beats a WW2 era aero engine Good luck with the Saber now! Looking forward to those videos!

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! ~Ian

It might be an idea to put some light-activated paint on the prop tips for twilight runs, It'll look great and be safer, but that'll be up to the new owner if it's en route now.

This video feels like the end of the project, but really it's the beginning, right? And only 20 years to go... 😁

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

End to one and boost to the other; spot on for the twenty! ~Ian

Its quite amazing to think this engine was so efficient it was found the exhausts actually gave forward thrust and why they were shaped as they were. Just think of the many types of aircraft and the thousands that were built in a war zone (and in the USA). Crashed ones or parts that were not 100% to spec. were used to build the Meteor engine and put into WWII tanks like the Cromwell, Challenger, Comet and of course the ubiquitous Centurion.

Really nice video and story. I wonder what the fascination is, outside the raw power and history.. I think it has to do how we’re fascinated by things that are made well, with conscience and intent. The human dimension.. It’s art really.

The Napier Sabre, I have not thought about this engine for a while. Right, lad, the first job I want you to do is to replace all the gudgeon pin circlips, let me know when you are finished!

As good a Merlin resto as you'll ever see. You clearly have very chilled neighbours?!!

Awesome!

Further research into the records of Typhoon MN235 appears to confirm what I mentioned previously. ie... a spare Sabre engine was shipped with the fighter to the USA and is still there. Now a sectioned Sabre engine would be far more useful, as an exhibit, in that museum so surely this is a great opportunity for Ian to arrange an exchange??? Think of the time, effort and money such a deal would save!!!

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

We've been in touch, unfortunately they are looking to hold onto their engine as of our last correspondence. ~Ian

Hi Ian I see once again there are a number of people resurfacing and spreading doom and gloom by posting comments of negativity in relation to there recently being little in the way Typhoon JP843 video content/ rebuild progress on your channel.Your dedication to the project thus far is unquestionably total, its plain to see (or should be) that any 'sideline' projects that you allow to develop have/ would and always will be to the benefit of JP834. You are aware of and indeed have kindly helped in the making of the 'Mystery Hawker Typhoon' KZread video l have been working on now for over 18 months.... like your Merlin / Saber engine trade project these things take time so onwards and upwards Ian 👍 P.S. the Mystery Typhoon video is almost finished...l will send it you when it goes live...think you will enjoy it. Gary

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary, it certainly is hard to keep the videos coming quickly while working full time on the project; kudos to those projects that can make it happen. I am very much looking forward to your video! ~Ian

This is awesome-,,,,, you must have some great nabors

Nice to hear you regard Peter Grieve as the oracle as far as RR issues are concerned. I worked with Peter at Pirelli uk as a maintenance fitter and was amazed by his stuff, the micro lights the auto gyros and mainly the Merlin’s he was doing with his friend Peter Byers, sadly gone. Have you seen his Meteor Land Rover project? The boy is insane.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

I have not seen the Land Rover project but will need to seek it out; a very impressive gent! ~Ian

@neilmchardy9061

Жыл бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGaZlreMf6ndmsY.html

You can see why they used flame dampers on the night bombers……… Nice work all round though and if you can do the same standard on the Sabre then all should be well. Really looking forward to hearing it run.

good show, now back to the job at hand!

Can't wait to hear that Saber run, could it possibly sound better than a Griffin?

3 cheers to Rob Roy...

The rebuild of the sabre will be fascinating to follow especially as it is such a rare example. Will Rob Roy be working on it ? Cheers from New Zealand.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

I certainly hope so! ~Ian

There is a rumour that when Hawker Typhoon MN235 was shipped off to the USA a spare Napier Sabre engine went with it to be displayed alongside the plane in the Smithsonian Museum.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

When the RAF shipped Typhoons they were sent with spares which included a spare engine. The Sabre in the Smithsonian is the spare that was shipped with Typhoon MN235: airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/napier-sabre-iia-horizontally-opposed-24-engine/nasm_A19670111000

Looking at the exhaust stacks on the Sabre I can see why they had a problem with cooling, if the exhausts are used by both the top and bottom stacks, the heat in that area would be incredible, especially on climb power.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

The cooling issue was solved with a change to how the coolant was routed, originally it flowed around all 12 cylinders per block, heating up on the first six and getting too hot by the time it was passing the last six. With the change, each row of 6 cylinders got its own flow. ~Ian

@robertnicholson7733

Жыл бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd If memory serves there was a modeler who built scale models of the blocks of an early model Sabre using some of the few remaining drawings. I can remember that he was puzzled about some parts of the coolant flow. Here my memory is getting very thin ( I will have to see if I can find this article again), but I believe there were restrictors in the flow between the blocks, perhaps to correct uneven flow characteristics, this is the sort of thing that could only be found and corrected by building real engines. As you know the coolant pumps and coolant flow on these engines are prodigious, one of the reasons I never believed the 5500 hp figure, putting all the other issues aside, the heat rejection from the engine would be outrageous at that power level. You really have to admire Frank Halford, he started designing this engine about 2 years after RR started the Merlin, he had a tiny design team compared to Rolls Royce, yet he got the first prototypes running so quickly, and then increased the power very quickly to almost twice the contemporary Merlin's ratings. RR had to stop work on every other piston aircraft engine (Vulture, Peregrine, Exe, Crecy, 1939 Griffin) and concentrate their entire team of engineers on solving the Merlin's issues. Even more amazing when you consider that RR was designing yet another V12 in a long line of V12s, in the case of the early Merlins, it was really an improved larger Kestrel, yet Halford was well into the unknown, his previous H engines being vertical, air-cooled, quite small, and poppet valved, suddenly he is building this monster, horizontal, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve engine with projected output powers well beyond anything British had imagined to this date. Even Roy Fedden had a narrow focus on engines. In my opinion, Frank Halford, Arthur Rowledge, Roy Fedden, and Stewart Tresilian were the greats in British aircraft engine design. It is a pity that little is known about who did what. Well, Fedden is reasonably well documented, Halford is less well documented, Rowledge, we know the engines he either designed or contributed to but little else, and Tresilian is very sketchy. I definitely want to hear a modern recording of a running Sabre before I exit this reality, it was one thing often mentioned by those on the wrong side of a Typhoon/Tempest V/VI. None of the surviving WWII recordings are very good. I will be really interested to hear if the two cylinders firing simultaneously (one in the top 12, one in the bottom 12, both 12s with the same firing order with an offset) does produce the resonant mode at certain rpms. Of course, ground running will only be the first course, getting her into the air and then loading up the straight cut reduction gearing with some load will add the final part to the cacophony of noise.

👍 👏👏👏 🍾🍾🍾

I have the fantastic book The Wild Winds by Paul Sortehaug... Signed by Author and by Les Monroe

Just wish you did more videos (like Leo from Sampson Boat Co with Talley Ho).

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

There is potential for more in the future. ~Ian

The only Sabre that I know of in New Zealand is in the Nelson Classic Car Museum, so I checked my photo of it and, sure enough - same engine. Congratulations on acquiring it and we can hope to hear a Sabre running again one day. In the meantime, we air show fans look forward to hearing the Merlin running at Classic Fighters Omaka at Easter. You CAN get it to New Zealand by Easter...can you?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

While that will be completely up to the new owner I don't believe it will work with the current shipping schedule. ~Ian

@MarsFKA

Жыл бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd I fear you are correct. An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force P51 is being restored to flying condition in New Zealand and shipping schedules badly delayed the return of the engine and wing that had been sent to the USA for overhaul and rebuild.

@MarsFKA

5 ай бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd Update (9 Feb 2024): I saw the Merlin running at the Omaka Wings and Wheels open day last Sunday. Great job you guys made of it. PS The P51 I mentioned is now flying.

Does your trailer have any kind of removable cover to protect the engine and accessories from weather during travel and display?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Not at this time, we had to stop somewhere! ~Ian

Royal Fors.

Well done for a beautiful job on the engine, but - what about the airframe?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned ~Ian

13:29 - Limited load from that cut-down prop; no real HP output = no real heat generation. 20:55 - Vintage V12's? Can't find more experience.

Much looking forward to more news on the project for a flight worthy Napier -- is that even possible ??? Flight-worthy implies a rigorous maintenance schedule, with related consumables, and realistically, what reservoir of consumables can there be at this point - or the expense of job shopping the consumables ? Enquiring minds want to know ! And the generated excitement I'm sure will excite loosening some purse strings -- just sayin' Thank you.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

11 ай бұрын

Every effort is going into success with this, a project of Sabre magnitude cannot be put together quickly. Like the airframe, the only approach is research, skill, and patience. There is no point in putting estimated timelines out there only to fail and reschedule. ~Ian

@happyhome41

11 ай бұрын

@@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd Of course. Sound project management is made of three elements: cost, schedule, and performance - take your pick. Certainly may continue your practice of sharing particular details over time. That's all I'm suggesting here -- there be interest in a little more emphasis on the Napier. Cheers.

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

11 ай бұрын

We are in the planning phase for the Sabre now, details will be made available as soon a the best path forward is identified. ~Ian

@chriswoolford9670

10 ай бұрын

Our late Uncle Charlie served with 609 Squadron from its foundation until 1941, so wartime PR codes always catch my eye. A decade ago I noticed a 609 Squadron Typhoon framed photograph in a house I was visiting locally. The not-so-elderly widowed householder's husband had been piloting her pictured Typhoon in 1944. Great pleasure following this project. The Rob Roy Merlin III sequences were superb. Ian's compliment to Rob was very fine. One day that Sabre will run.

God knows how you will even begin to get the Sabre running, they were difficult enough to keep running when they were new. Possibly modern engineering may make some parts better?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

It is more an issue of treating the engine like a 24 cylinder sleeve valve engine instead of a V-12 poppet valve engine. ~Ian

What is the plan with the cut away Sabre VII ? Are there any parts of it that are useable?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Our plan is currently under development, there are significant useful parts here, We will be posting progress as it happens for this aspect of the project. ~Ian

If it's going to NZ I think I can guess who the new owner is.

How much of it can you use? Or will it just help with CAD?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

A great deal of this can be used; however the engine will be completely disassembled and documented as part of the initial steps. ~Ian

I hope the new RR owners run the engine in properly...

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

I have full confidence in them! ~Ian

That could have been a very interesting video about two iconic engines. I have no interest in old trailers so could not watch anymore past that point.

When are you going to start working on the saber

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

There is much research and planning to happen before wrenches turn, back to the Typhoon work while I quietly sort the Sabre program. ~Ian

when will we see the Typhoon fly?

@TyphoonLegacyCoLtd

Жыл бұрын

Too early to give these type of timings I'm afraid. ~Ian

Over 20 months since an update on building any of the body for the typhoon. All this energy over the powerplant alone. I know builds like this sometimes run in the decades, but this feels like it's going nowhere.

@danieldonaldson8634

Жыл бұрын

A bit harsh: Ian spent the whole video explaining why he's done what he's done,. The main lesson of this project is that getting a flying Typhoon into the air is not the same as building an Airfix kit. A lesser guy might have just decided to bodge an alterate power plant in, but Ian's dedication is what impresses me. If this is how he's getting there, then I'll accept that this is how it works. I wonder if you've considered restoring your own Typhoon? If you start a channel, let me know, I'll subscribe.

@waynebeasley8700

Жыл бұрын

Actually, some airframe work has been done in the background during delays in the merlin project…..they just haven't been video documented yet. If you seek more background information like this, consider subscribing to the Typhoon Legacy subscription channel….less than $10 a month.

dont the Sanders aeromotive people in Inon ca rebuild napher motores for flyers in the us.

I love ww2 era aircraft,this is compelling watching but the music makes me want to turn off.

Let me get this right u swapped a running merlin for a cut up Napier that won't run cause has been cut up 🙄

@danieldonaldson8634

Жыл бұрын

wasn't running. Let's make a deal: you buy Ian dinner at a good restaurant on the day the Sabre fires up, K?