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).
Status report on single cylinder and general engine research projects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan041 | |
| Date | 30th October 1935 | |
| (6) ITEM. DESIGN POSITION SINGLE CYLINDER AND GENERAL RESEARCH. Mods. to dynamo for aero engine battery ignition - Merlin 'E'. In hand. Investigation of intercoolers. In hand. Car universal single cylinder unit - mods. to suit overhead camshaft.cyl.heads. In hand. 4 cylinder star unit - Vulture - Flywheel and bearing, oil pump and distributor drives. In hand. 4 cylinder star unit - Vulture - cylinder block. In hand. 4 " " " " - camshaft drives. In hand. 4 " " " " - crankcase and bearings. In hand. Merlin 'C' single cylinder unit - drilled coolant passage to combustion chamber. Completed 30.10.35. Experimental intercooler with Robertson type tubes. " 26.10.35. 4 star Vulture unit - 1/2 scale arrangement. In hand. 4 " " " - crankshaft and plan view of crankcase. In hand. Vulture single cylinder unit - mod. to Kestrel top half c'case for Vulture block. In hand. | ||