The great sound of the WW2 merlin engine.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
This Model of Stephenson’s Steam Engine was made in 2008 by master glassblower Michal Zahradník. Highlights: * The crankshaft is glass. The piston is glass. The counterweight that makes the wheel spin evenly is glass. Imagine that everything is made out of glass. * There are no sealants used. All is accomplished by a perfectly snug fit. The gap between the piston and its compartment is so small, that the water that condensates from the steam seals it shut! * Notice the elaborate excessive steam exhaust system next to the piston. * The piston is the most arduous part to make due to to extreme level of precision needed. Its parts have to be so accurate that no machinery is of use here. The piston and its cylinder must be hand sanded to perfection, and they are very likely to crack in the process! On average, three out of four crack.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
@taxid3rmy Merlins are pure music, though I have to? say that Griffon whispers don’t mess with me, don’t mess with me………….Am Baaaaaad……….
Sweetest music? on u tube, the hurricane wing waggle at 1.08 gives me goose pimples.
@catey62 I fully agree with you. This video has music from start to finish? – the sound of the engines!!!
how? a much ride?
No? music?..aaahhh…but it is…and so sweet too
it’s funny how the video is titled “without music” even though it still sounds like music to? me
Music? to my ears, wonderful video.
Hurricane? !!!!
Ooo Yeah–Uh Huh!? Cool!!
Fuck this shit I’m moving to England if it? means I get to see these fly at least once in a while.
@airanorak1?
It is.
my eyes are? wet…
That was absolutely? incredible. Do you do this often? How many do you have?
@wgshooter? lol
Thats a great SOUND should be No 1?
@buttsyrc8 .. actually, my previous post is a little misleading: although he did eventually achieve the Office of Air? Chief Marshal (ACM) for Fighter Command (post-war), he was Air Vice Marshal (AVM) for the most of WWII. Dowding was active ACM – Fighter Command, for the Battle of Britain. (As a side line, you might like to research “Bomber Harris” – who was ACM for RAF Bomber Command for much of WWII. He was Dowding’s counterpart at RAF HQ).
@taxid3rmy
Thanks will be having a look at Mr Park – and? the stunning forces from all Countries
thats gotta be one of the? best jobs in the world!
Great? sound/no music.
Thanks for sharing.
Imagine 1:00 in 3D… or in? real life XD
@buttsyrc8 .. yes, there was a very strong contribution, during WWII, of Kiwi fighter pilots. Also, Sir Keith Park was Chief of Fighter Command, at the time – and history shows that you’ll find no greater New Zealand contributor,? than Park, to the spectacular record of the RAF.
The best? sounding engine in the world
Nothing beats that? sound. That sounds carries one incredible History.
@taxid3rmy
I guess a few NZ pilots flew these birds but do not know the history of it!
Am interested in foreign pilots? and links.
Ta
Would pay a? lot to have half an hour in a Spitfire – just once!
Very nice? I must say
LOL it? looks like a bong!
I would buy one of these
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@Donnieturtle1 “whole”, not? hol
Very impressive engine. And made? of glass too, that’s a challenge (double the very).
You make it using a mold or by glass blowing?
FAP ? FAP ?
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Damn….. I need to get laid.? -_-
@DAKOTA56777? You should hit the bong and ignore the childish humor
increible esta? bacanisimo ese modelo pero se ve como dificil
Now make a little glass feed grinder and let it grind up? one kernel of corn at a time.
Amazing! What wonderful engineering 5? stars – and then some!
@TheCrazytexican? LOOOOOL
@TheCrazytexican HA-HA-HA..
little? punk
@ofrae1971? I’m sure that an engineer has to do things that are a bit more complicated than a basic steam engine
id also like to say that it takes a master glass blower to do this because if everything isn’t perfect the hol thing explodes
Elegant! I have an old Jensen from childhood, but? this beats the band.
brings to mind the quote …
“There’s no earthly way of knowing
Which direction they are going…
There’s no knowing where they’re rowing…
Or which way the river’s flowing…
Is it raining, is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing…
Are? the fires of Hell a-glowing?
Is the grisly Reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing
‘Cause the rowers keep on rowing
And they’re certainly not showing
Any sign that they are slowing! “
VERY? impressive!
@judovii What do? you drive, asshole?
I would be afraid of it breaking at that speed. ? >.>
If you don’t watch the video? you hear a fapping machine.
A master glass blower designed this steam engine and we have to spend four years of college in order to receive? an engineering degree?
Was an Fireside MM in the Navy…meaning I worked with boilers and the steam system. Today I’m a lampworker……I have found a new goal in life. Gotta? make one of these myself
tunk tunk? tunk tunk tunk SMASH!
i feel like you could? some how make that into a really cool bong
Lol! This is soo? super-uper cool