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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).
Design and development status report for the Merlin, Goshawk, and Vulture engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161a\4\  scan0075
Date  4th June 1936 guessed
  
ITEM. (9) DESIGN POSITION.

MERLIN - FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

R.R.Hele Shaw airscrew - oil feed to airscrew shaft. In hand.

GOSHAWK "D" ENGINE.

Supercharger. Put aside.
Connecting rods. -do-
Investigation of re-arranged auxiliary drives. -do-

VULTURE ENGINE.

Crankcase. In hand.
Reduction gear design. In hand.
Engine attachments to frame work. In hand.
Airscrew shaft. In hand.
Supercharger. In hand.
Electric turning gear. In hand.
Dynamo and water pump drives. In hand.
Supercharger drive layshafts and auxiliary drives at front end. In hand.
  
  


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