Progress and status report on experimental work, tests, and parts for various vehicle components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0253 | |
| Date | 5th March 1921 guessed | |
| Contd. -2- Distributor Drive shaft and water pump gear. Part details. Cos:II. Lec.1335 and 1340. Full size wood models to Lec.1320/N.Sch.728. details * Engine Suspension - Lec.1326. Valves and valve gear Lec.1332/1337. Cos:II Petrol Tank N.Sch.730 complete details. Cos 1. Licence Holders - further details from N.Sch.729 40/50 Battery box lid {A. J. Lidsey} fixing N.sch.556. details completed * R-R Dynamo 37 slot armature N.sch.643 * R-R Dynamo bearing bracket and cross connection N.sch.643. * R-R dynamo commutator for 37 slot armature N.sch.643. * Brush holders for R-R dynamo N.sch.643. * EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN PROGRESS. 3/19 gear box, flywheel & clutch. Long type chassis. Buzzard(Aero Engine) rear axle. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II engine parts. Modified brake gear Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) I. 14/52 Gleason Pevels. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS. Road tests of Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). Exhaust heating tests 40/50 Better starting in cold weather. Sparking plug tests (text has a strikethrough) Distribution tests on 40/50 engine. ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTAL WORK. Investigation of post-war Bosch lighting and starting system. Bench tests of new Watford type E.C.6. magneto. Bench tests of Conner C.M.1. and Liseman magnetos. Investigation of operation of pre-war Bosch dynamo and Regulator. Changeover to new Experimental Laboratory. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).