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 various design schemes for Kestrel and Goshawk engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 12th May 1934 | |
| - 2 - "KESTREL" ENGINE. DES.2170 Modified Automatic Mixture Control Bracket. Recd. 5.4.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ...... 17.4.34. DES.2175 Distance Piece for Locating Control Shaft. Recd. 13.4.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ...... 17.4.34. DES.2185 Automatic Mixture Control RAE ............ Recd. 2.5.34. Detail drawings are in hand. DES.2188 Automatic Mixture Control .............. Recd. 4.5.34. Detail drawings are in hand. DES.2189 2-Speed Supercharger .................. Recd. 3.5.34. Detail drawings are in hand. DES.2190 Engine Controls R.A.E. Mark 11. Mixture Unit. Recd. 7.5.34. Detail drawings are in hand. RR.Sch.665 Carb. Air Intake Stays. Awaiting approval. "KESTREL" SINGLE CYLINDER UNIT. LoC.5805 Penthouse Roof Cyl. Head ............ Recd. 23.2.34. LoC.5806 Machining of Penthouse Roof Cyl. Head .... Recd. 23.2.34. Sch.648 Valve Rockers for "Penthouse" Roof ...... Recd. 4.4.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ..... 6.5.34. "GOSHAWK" ENGINE. RR.Sch.617 Modification to Water Pump. Detail drawings completed and issued ...... 26.2.34. DES.2083 S/c. Slipper Gear Segments .......... Recd. 13.2.34. This scheme will not be detailed until Experimental Department have carried out some tests. DES.2128 Modfn. to Oil Pump Drive ............. Recd. 9.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ..... 9.4.34. DES.2130 Steam Separator & Drive (2 Sheets) ..... Recd. 16.2.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ..... 5.4.34. | ||