Talk:Miles Merlin

I have inserted the height given by Lukins and Russell, which has the most complete spec to which I have access. The notes at the start of Jackson's book makes it plain why an aircraft height may have different values. This is particularly so for a tail wheel, single engined a/c where prop position can matter a lot, and the "rigging pposition" is not known. So the height is the "agreed value". I've adopted L&R's value here for two reasons:

1) It is in their set, the one now quoted as source. Previously no data ref was given, so we did not know where the 7' 5.5" value came from. If anyone has it, and it's authoritative (unfortunately Jackson does not give a height for the Merlin), let's have it, referenced.

2) L&R and Jackson have 6 single engined Miles aircraft in common, and in 5 cases their heights agree (exception is the M2F). It's likely, perhaps, that Jackson would have agreed with L&R on the M6 as well.

L&R give 1/72 plans, so one ought to be able to spot where the height measurement was made if "rigging" position is horizontal. Seems to work (to top of fin, vertical prop is lower) for the Merlin, but some other Miles machines are more puzzling! TSRL (talk) 20:36, 24 July 2008 (UTC)