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 single cylinder and general research items.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan325 | |
| Date | 20th June 1935 guessed | |
| ITEM. (7) DESIGN POSITION. SINGLE CYLINDER AND GENERAL RESEARCH. Single cylinder sleeve valve unit:- modified cylinder and pancake head. In hand. Battery ignition coil and distributor unit for aero engines. In hand. Aero Universal single cylinder unit:- ramp head - Kestrel. In hand. -do- cylinder block to suit ramp head - Kestrel. In hand. -do- mods. to cylinder head. Merlin "D". Completed. -do- Coolant piping: penthouse head - Merlin "D". Completed. -do- Ramp head with inlet side sparking plug. - Merlin "D". In hand. -do- Penthouse head with inlet side sparking plug - Merlin "D". Completed. Investigation of liquid cooled cylinder block - Exe engine. Completed. Stressing of single cylinder unit connecting rods. In hand. Liquid cooled Exe investigation of cylinder block with enlarged porting. Completed. Stiffened crankcase:- Kestrel single cylinder unit. In hand. Detachable cylinder block:- P.V.G./single cylinder unit. In hand. | ||