On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:15:29 -0600, John Turco
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 14:32:32 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

edited for brevity

But the British-made Merlins were considerably more oil-tight than
their trans-Atlantic brethren. I don't know how much that was due to
quality of machined surfaces vs joint sealant technology.

Eric Stevens


Where did that piece of information come from?
Sounds apocryphal to me.

Royal New Zealand Airforce, which at one time operated both P-51s and
Mosquitos. I have no direct knowledge of my own.

From my days of owning a Triumph motorcycle, I do know the miraculous
properties of Rolls Royce Gasket Cement - a sticky rubbery brew
specially developed to help keep the oil inside the Merlin.

Eric Stevens


In other words, "apocryphal" -- just as "Savageduck" said!

A bit better than that. An airforce pilot was a fellow student in the
final years of my engineering degree and I knew two aircraft engineers
who worked on various Merlins. When it came to me the information was
first hand.



Eric Stevens