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).
Blueprint detailing modifications for an evaporative cooling system on a Kestrel engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 178\4\ img004 | |
| Date | 8th April 1932 | |
| EVAPORATIVE COOLING IB KESTREL NEW CARBS IN VEE MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE TOP WATER SYSTEM EFFICIENT WHEN OPERATING UNDER EVAPORATIVE COOLED CONDITIONS HOLDING DOWN STUDS & CONTROL TUBES PASSES THRO' WATER WAY CAUSING RESTRICTION SKETCH 1 FRONT REAR BORE OF GLAND UNIT TO BE INCREASED DIRECTION OF WATER FLOW A BLOCK CYLINDERS INTERCONNECTING PIPE TO BE ENLARGED CARB HEADER TANK BRANCH FOR EXTRA PIPES B BLOCK CYLINDERS 1/2" RESTRICTION REAR OUTLET PIPES TO BE SWEPT BACK 1" O.D. PIPE LEADING DIRECT TO HEADER TANK SCHEME 1 GJB 8-4-32 | ||