Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Widewing on January 01, 2002, 05:08:00 PM

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Widewing on January 01, 2002, 05:08:00 PM

This 1/8th scale Merlin V-1650 is the centerpiece of the Cabin Fever Exposition this year. Dudley Henriques tells me that it actually fired up and ran on the first try.

Amazing work.

 (http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/Merlin/Images/mer08.jpg)

See more pictures at: Mini Merlin (http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/Merlin/RRMerlin.htm)

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Sancho on January 01, 2002, 05:58:00 PM

I'll be impressed when he makes a fully operational mini- R-4360 Wasp Major engine.

Just joking.  :D  That mini merlin is pretty freaking amazing.  Thanks for posting it.

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Animal on January 01, 2002, 06:53:00 PM

That should go fine with Wobble's P-51 replica

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: bolillo_loco on January 01, 2002, 07:07:00 PM

yea that is neat, going to check it out. at the lebanon county expo fair jan 26th. I was supprised at that, it is only five miles from my house and nothing ever happens in lebanon county.

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Seeker on January 01, 2002, 08:44:00 PM

What skills!
I wonder what the out put is?

[ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: Seeker ]

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: wells on January 01, 2002, 09:46:00 PM

Quote

I wonder what the out put is?

hehe, yeah, if it scales down exactly...

2.9 hp @ 2 atm @ 3000 rpm

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Seeker on January 01, 2002, 11:04:00 PM

"2.9 hp @ 2 atm @ 3000 rpm "

Coolest moped on the block!

Imagine the street cred (and the sound!) of having that fixed to your skateboard  :)

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: K West on January 02, 2002, 07:44:00 AM

That's nice! Thanks for the picture Widewing.

Westy

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Sundog on January 02, 2002, 12:13:00 PM

Definitely a piece of amazing work. Now if we can just get him to construct an accurate P-51 or Spitfire to wrap around it  :) .

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: funkedup on January 02, 2002, 04:09:00 PM

About 15 years ago there was a guy who built an Alfa Romeo (might have been Lancia or Ferrari but I think Alfa) in about 1/8 scale that was radio controlled.  It was not a kit, scratch built, with a scale engine similar to that Merlin.  Scale tube frame, scale aluminum body, scale drum brakes, scale everything.

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: Hobodog on January 02, 2002, 11:29:00 PM

How much.  :)

Title: Mini Merlin
Post by: CJ on January 10, 2002, 06:30:00 PM

If you have to ask...  ;)