Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry

Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by orf on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:13PM (#12475066)

I had the chance recently to see the Mayor of the City of London's (the strange city-within-a-city bit of London) two Rolls Royce's they keep for formal occasions up close. They are super rare (only ~400 ever made), worth a whole lot of money and looked amazing.

I'm not a car person but you can't help but feel a shiver when you see a car like that. The engines where the same as the ones they used in the Spitfire fighter planes during WW2 (6.5 liter v8!), full white leather interior, a retractable partition between the passengers and the chauffeur.

I know this isn't strictly about the article but I thought I would share anyway. Rolls is one of the things that makes me proud to be British.

Here's a picture: http://c8.alamy.com/comp/C1ETKT/city-of-london-lord-mayors-o...

Edit: It's a Phantom VI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_VI, and the first article on Google is unfortunately this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165522/Lord-Mayor-L...

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by daemoncoder on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:24PM (#12475123)

Spitfires used v12's, not V8's.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by orf on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:34PM (#12475180)

Ahh, shame, you're right. They where 27 litre as well! That would be a bit extreme. Seems someone was silly enough to put it in a car though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43pWEwI6xY

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Sophistifunk on Sunday September 11, 2016 @06:19PM (#12476033)

There are more of these projects than you might think. Final Objective (a 55 Chev) is the best, IMO: http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.au/news/video-merlin-v...

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by emmelaich on Sunday September 11, 2016 @10:16PM (#12476791)

This guy "Lucky Keizer" made a 5l v-twin motorbike from a Merlin engine.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/08/19/4296075.htm

I saw it live once, unfortunately he couldn't start it. I suspect it's a frequent problem.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Blackthorn on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:37PM (#12475198)

Didn't those engines require 150 octane fuel as well? Tough to find that nowadays.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by rjsw on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:49PM (#12475278)

The Meteor [1] tank engine was basically a Merlin running on normal fuel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Angostura on Monday September 12, 2016 @08:10AM (#12478991)

I think you mean proud to be German ()the car making arm was purchased)

> Rolls is one of the things that makes me proud to be British.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by caf on Sunday September 11, 2016 @07:43PM (#12476296)

That's also the car the Governor-General of Australia uses on formal occasions.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by spitfire on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:34PM (#12476644)

6.75 Litre V8. or as they said "Six and three quarters".

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by megablast on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:42PM (#12476677)

Just looks like another car to me, but I am not a car person.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by calpaterson on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:49AM (#12477695)

On jury service at the Old Bailey by any chance?

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