Spitfire Night Engine Run - WITH FLAMES

Supermarine Spitfire XIV MV268 runs its Griffon engine at Duxford on the night of 4th September 2021.

[@laszlokiss4409]

It's so awesome to see the firing order of the cylinders from the flames shooting out of the exhaust.

[@anthonygolphinjr9517]

The supermarine spitfire is one favorite airplane of all time

[@wagonmaster1974]

Grouchy, grumpy Griff - didn't want to wake up.

[@idleonlooker1078]

Just like being mesmerised by looking deep into a campfire, so is looking at the exhaust stubs of this Merlin!! 👍

[@dawsonbruno3581]

That’s a griffon engine

[@idleonlooker1078]

@@dawsonbruno3581 Funny that the poster who.gave me a like didn't bother correcting me, only you?? 🤔 You just gotta love those "pedantic Nazis" who's sole purpose in life is to destroy a sentiment - don't you? 🤔🙄

[@SPINNER673]

@@idleonlooker1078 This

[@robertnicholson7733]

As others have said, a Griffon, it is easy to tell (apart from the Spitfire Mark), by the bulges in the front top of the engine cowling to make room for the cam rocker covers, the firing order is different to the Merlin, and thus it sounds quite different. Also it turns in the opposite direction and thus so too does the propeller.

[@Mike-kc8rl]

I think the Grffon Spitfire is the most beautiful of all especially in the PR19 mark with its clean lines and long shark like nose ! And that sound 'the growl of the griffon' an angry beast of an engine!

[@kennethfinnegan2937]

The beginning of this video is like me trying to start the MK1 Ford capri 3 litre GT. It's like "nah I'm cold, leave me alone, go away".............

[@kennethfinnegan2937]

I don't want to start at 4am either.........

[@hollynagy8078]

When it finally starts and it all makes sense

[@anthonyburke5656]

Did you know, Rolls Royce engineers calculated that 5% of a Spitfires speed came from the engine exhaust?

[@robertnicholson7733]

The stub exhaust pipes used in the fighters were called ejectors and were carefully designed to maximise that thrust. In Bombers, etc this thrust was swapped for lower visibility with various schemes to minimise the light given off by the exhaust gases and the ejectors themselves R-R cited this exhaust thrust as one of the reasons for not using turbochargers.

[@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu]

Thats pretty logical since those exhaust pipes literally creating little afterburner effects

[@richworrall4827]

No wonder they were named spitfires.......

[@kennethfinnegan2937]

That's 2000 horse power right there........

[@onemoremisfit]

At 9:37 when engine is warm, running smooth at slowest speed, press space bar to freeze frame. Then press (.) to advance one frame at a time to see firing order. Press (,) to reverse.

[@robertnicholson7733]

Hey, thanks for that, I never knew you could do that with KZbin, what a dummy I am. This channel gives simulations for many engines that exist and many that are theoretical. www.youtube.com/@WilliamMoser

[@lifeofbassman7228]

Now I know why they call it a spitFIRE Sorry for the bad joke please do not PUNish me with the replies

[@rovercoupe7104]

😎

[@csharp7926]

a tad heavy on the primer at startup weren't we?

[@rojhateroglu7812]

it literaly spitting fire from it's exhaust constantly

[@jurajokasa834]

47 liter V12 Griffon 65 :) supercharged with stub nose exhausts works wonders

[@geoff-lukebihler6157]

37 litres displacement for a griff

[@emersoncaicedo3146]

@@jurajokasa83437 liter V12, not 47 liter

[@jurajokasa834]

@@emersoncaicedo3146 mr smart pants i missclicked the button ....if youre so smart tell me displacement of R-4360-4 engine

[@oceanvibesphotography8395]

that’s awesome

[@alanh8101]

Very nice 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@SaiTaX_the_Chile_boi]

gran pa still got it.

[@jimmysparks315]

I wish my car did that

[@johnsharp156]

Same

[@Crackers2549]

Griffon over 2,000 hp...awesome!

[@csharp7926]

got the mixture right after that though.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Kind of like a P51 only better. Those Merlin and Griffon engines are wicked... Wonder what the prop diameter is?

[@PrashanthKrishna-se8fc]

was firing always visible like this during wartime? hence the name?

[@jezfrench9435]

At night, yes. Thats why lancasters had shrouds covering the exhaust stubs so that german night fighters couldn't see them

[@kennethhlavik8155]

When you're cranking the engine and it won't start your load up the Engine with fuel. All that fuel is washing the cylinders of the engine. That's a bad thing! It increases the the engine where rapidly.. Check and make sure you're getting spark to all the cylinders. If it's not that, then it will be poor fuel distribution to some of the cylinders. That's not good on the engine!

[@BPJJohn]

Pretty sure he flooded the engine.

[@emersoncaicedo3146]

Im sure you know more than him armchair pilot

[@kennethhlavik8155]

@@emersoncaicedo3146 I build high-powered engines 11-to-1 compression .old school!

[@kennethhlavik8155]

@@emersoncaicedo3146 obviously you know nothing about it.

[@__-vb3ht]

​@@emersoncaicedo3146T's just the basic functioning of an internal combustion engine. It can happen with a car engine as well. You don't need to be an expert pilot or even a pilot to know about fuel flooding. I don't think we can say for sure what caused this long start up but flooding is a reasonable and very likely assumption

[@SchtaRu]

синий - полное сгорание бензиново-воздушной смеси.

[@davidswenston9815]

Gu u8

[@tempestmkiv]

Won't start.... better put your helmet on!

[@Cesko_Plny_Fialovejch_Zmrdu]

IT AIN'T GOT NO GAS INNIT