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Documentary: Building The Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was later called Merlin following the company convention of naming its piston aero engines after birds of prey. After several modifications, the first production variants of the PV-12 were completed in 1936. The first operational aircraft to enter service using the Merlin were

The Merlin: How Rolls-Royce Teamed up with Packard to Help End World War 2

When the Merlin opened up - every other sound disappeared