Instructions for fitting a 6-cylinder Kestrel engine with a custom induction manifold and a specific carburetter type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\4\ Scan099 | |
| Date | 26th September 1932 | |
| YNG see me Y 4659 HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHO c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Im. Rg {Mr Rowledge} /Tsn.7/DM. {D. Munro} 26.9.32. 6-Cylinder Kestrel(Aero Engine) Unit. ----------------------------- This is to confirm asking you to fit this engine up with one half of a carburetter unit, feeding the whole bank of cylinders. This will need some kind of a sheet-metal induction manifold making up. The carburetter should be jet-control type. Rg {Mr Rowledge} /Tsn. | ||
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).