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 status report on various engine projects, including the P.V. G.II and Goshawk engines.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan162 | |
Date | 30th April 1934 guessed | |
- 8 - ITEM. DESIGN POSITION. ---------------------------------------------------------------- P.V. G.II Engine. ----------------- Proposed arrangement of Auxiliary Drives. In hand. Installation of rear end in 'Fury' with Completed. rearranged auxiliaries. P.V.GOSHAWK ENGINE. ------------------- Locating dowels for big end bearing split bush. Completed. Modification to reduction gear oil jet connection. Completed. GOSHAWK ENGINE. --------------- Two speed supercharger - Arrangement of gears. Completed. Redesigned automatic mixture control. In hand. Shaft drive for dragless mounting - propeller end. 90% complete. Twin petrol pump. Modified position of oil feed Completed. connection. Modification to gear casing - Improved oil drainage - Completed. Westland Shaft Drive. 2 Speed Supercharger - Actuating mechanism. In hand. Tecalemit Filter on pressure side of oil pump. In hand. Investigation into possibilities of .400 reduction In hand. gear. | ||