Modifications to a cylinder block and a blower carburettor system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\9\ 09-page263 | |
| Date | 17th February 1927 guessed | |
| he wants to alter the cyl. block and not the pistons. He is designing the alteration to the head for a three cylinder block pattern, though I told him that I did not think this had ever been made. The blower is receiving attention, as Fell has been pushing the carburetter with a second throttle through which air only is drawn when the blower is started. This gives more efficient air intakes, takes up less room, and by an ingenious arrangement of altitude control somewhat on the lines of the present ignition control on the Phantom!! prevents the pilot using his blower on | ||
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).