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[dhadfield]

Hello,

Can someone point me to a reference for the Merlin 500-600-700 series engines?

I'm going to be flying the "Vintage Wings of Canada" Hurricane Mark IV in 2011, and it has a 500 engine.

I'd like to know more about it -- my practice when checking out on a new vintage aircraft is to start with the engine.

I've put together a thick file of reference material for the standard marks of the Merlin, but 500 data seems hard to come by.

Thanks,

Dave

[dirwin]

Dave,

I own a 500-29 engine which I believe is the same engine installing in the VWC Hurry.

A good general manual on the single stage engine is TSD293. Readily available on the web.

You are welcome to PM me for more information and operational points.

Regards,

David.

[dhadfield]

Thanks!

I posted this query on the WIX forum, and got a reply which laid out the entire 500-700 nomenclature. Apparently these numbers were for engines that were customized for individual airlines.

Merlin 500 series: Two Speed - Single Stage Supercharger

Identical to Merlin T24-2 but termed Merlin 500 for Civil or Commercial operator

500 B.O.A.C. Lancastrian York
500-2 B.S.A.A. Lancastrian York
500-3 Alitalia Lancastrian
500-4 Skyways Limited Lancastrian York
500-5 F.A.M.A. Lancastrian York
500-6 Silver City Airways Lancastrian
500-20 Fiat G.59
500-21 Flight Re-Fuelling Ltd Lancastrian
500-23 Egyptian Government Lancastrian
500-29 CASA C.2111
500-45 Hispano HA-1112
501 T.C.A. Lancastrian
502
502-1 B.O.A.C. York
504 No Production
530 No Production
539 No Production
549 No Production

Merlin 600 series: Two Speed - Two Stage Supercharger

600 Tudor Prototype (Converted to Merlin 102A)
604 Argentine Government
620 T.C.A. & RCAF D.C.4 M.1
621-1 B.O.A.C. Tudor II
621-2 B.S.A.A. Tudor II, IV, V
621-5 Flota Aerea Mercante Tudor
621-15 Argentine Government Lincoln
622 T.C.A. (Domestic) D.C.4 M.2
623-2 B.S.A.A. Tudor IV
624-10 T.C.A. (Atlantic) D.C.4 M.2
625 No Production
626-1 B.O.A.C. Canadair IV C.4
626-12 Canadian Pacific Canadair IV C.4
630 No Production
631 No Production
640 No Production
641 No Production

Merlin 700 series: Two Speed - Two Stage Supercharger

724-1 B.O.A.C. Similar to Merlin 626-1 with cooling mod.
724-1C B.O.A.C. As Merlin 724-1 with crossover exhaust
722-10 Canadair As Merlin 622-10 with cooling mod.
724-10 Canadair As Merlin 624-10 with cooling mod.

Source: Rolls-Royce Production Drawing Office, February 1953.

FITD

Dave