We can't really put our finger on just what it is that makes the 409 such an iconic engine ... blocks come back from World's foundry, but they should be in the same neighborhood as World's Merlin ...

a Motion-spec, 700-plus-hp, all-aluminum 540-inch Merlin big-block ... tubes are 6 inches long with an inside diameter of 2.50 inches. The throttle size was reduced to give the engine good ...

The explosion occurred during a test of a "Block 5" Merlin engine, which will be used in a ... destroying the rocket and its payload, the Amos-6 communications satellite. The company traced ...

However, SpaceX is pausing development of its block-five Merlin engines not only to investigate the blast, but also make room to keep block-four Merlin engines qualified for flight. This will ...

For example, 496 ci sounds like a lot of engine, until it's sitting next to a 572, which itself is smallish next to a 632ci, 10.2-inch deck Merlin-based big-block ... with a 6.25 pass at 223 ...

A project that demonstrates this in spades is [mayhugh1]’s quarter-scale model of a vintage Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 piston ... commercial castings for the engine block, but their finishing ...

On Sunday, one of SpaceX's Merlin engines exploded at a ... to affect SpaceX's short-term schedule. The engine being tested was one of SpaceX's Block 5 engines, the upcoming engine model to ...

For most people, an engine just gets us from A to B - and drinks expensive petrol. But one, the Rolls-Royce Merlin, may have been the difference between freedom and tyranny. Such is its lasting ...