Progress report on single cylinder work and general research projects, detailing their status.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan262 | |
| Date | 31th July 1934 guessed | |
| (6) ITEM DESCRIPTION. SINGLE CYLINDER WORK AND GENERAL RESEARCH. Overhead inlet and side exhaust valve cylinder head 3¼ x 4½ single cylinder unit. Nearing completion. Preliminary pistons for 8 litre aero engine. In hand. Preliminary arrangement - 4½" x 5½" sleeve valve engine. Completed. Sleeve valve ball joint and crank investigations - 5" x 5½" sleeve valve engine. In hand. Single cylinder sleeve valve test unit 5" x 5½" - In hand. 3½" x 3¾" ramp head for single cylinder unit. In hand. Modified tappets for 3¼" x 4½" ramp head single cylinder unit. Completed. Ramp cylinder head No.2. Kestrel(Aero Engine) or P.V.G.II single cylinder unit. Completed. Modified cylinder block and piston to suit ramp head - Merlin(Aero Engine) II or Kestrel(Aero Engine). Nearing completion. Bellows type thermostatically operated throttle stop - Patent drawing. Completed. Ramp cylinder head for Merlin(Aero Engine) II (Single cyl.unit). Nearing completion. Preliminary cylinder block 2-3 port arrangement - 5 x 5½ sleeve valve engine. In hand. Modifications to C.I. single cylinder unit for adaption to petrol injection. In hand. | ||
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).