Status report on current modifications and future developments for the Merlin 'E' engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\4\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 21th January 1936 guessed | |
| (sheet 10) ITEM. DESIGN POSITION. MERLINAero Engine "E" ENGINE - CONTINUED:- Modified return pipe for oil heated throttles and improved adjustment for throttle lever for existing supercharger castings,and also for future production. Completed. 20.1.36. Air intake gauze. Completed 21.1.36 Petrol pipe - pump to carburetter. In hand. MERLINAero Engine "E" ENGINE - FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. Cylinder head with modified coolant circulation. Held up pending single cylinder tests. Increased capacity oil pumps. In hand. Application of battery ignition. In hand. Auxiliary drive mod: to suit free flow induction system. Cancelled. Modified cylinder block with end to end coolant flow. In hand. Application of Farman two-speed supercharger drive. In hand. "R" type induction pipes. In hand. | ||
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).