30-06-10, 08:37
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Tony Cochrane
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Nanango Australia
Posts: 85
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Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Lancasters used 12-cylinder Rolls Royce Merlin liquid-cooled engines, not radials..
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http://www.aviation-history.com/avro/683.html
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Because of the possibility of some interruption in Merlin production, the Lancaster II was built with 1,229.5 kW ( 1,650 hp) Bristol Hercules VI radial engines. These fears did not materialize, with the result that only 300 Lancaster IIs were built
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