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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 position report on the Buzzard and Goshawk 'B' engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 30\3\  Scan162
Date  17th April 1935 guessed
  
ITEM. (9) DESIGN POSITION.

BUZZARD ENGINE.

Oil pipes for automatic mixture control. Put aside.

GOSHAWK "B" ENGINE.

Increased layshaft centres supercharger drive 10:1 ratio. In hand.
Electric turning gear. In hand.
Alternative cylinder construction - separate steel water jackets. Completed.
Modification to crankcase. Completed.
Auxiliary drives for gun gear, generator pump, Herzmark air compressor & V.P.airscrew pump. In hand.
  
  


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