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 single-cylinder and general research projects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\3\ Scan096 | |
| Date | 18th February 1935 guessed | |
| (7) ITEM. DESIGN POSITION. SINGLE CYLINDER AND GENERAL RESEARCH. Needle roller bearing for bearing testing rig. Completed. Exhaust driven supercharger. Put aside. Exe engine single cylinder unit - connecting rod. Completed. Aero universal single cylinder unit:- Ramp cyl. Completed. head "Merlin D". -do- Single camshaft pent house In hand. roof cyl. head Merlin "D". Arrangement of centrifugal blower on Bentley chassis. In hand. 3¾ x 4½ Single Cyl. Unit:- Modified inlet valve for Completed. high power head. Aero Universal single cyl. unit:- Top half crankcase Completed. to take 7.0"dia.cylinder. Single cylinder sleeve valve engine:- pressure Completed. relief valve. -do- pegging for top piston ring. Completed. Changeover switch for aero engine dynamo. In hand. P.V.XII single cylinder unit. Ramp cyl.head with In hand. sparking plug on inlet side. Aero Universal unit:- Connections for thermo couples In hand. on Merlin "D" ramp head. | ||