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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 listing the status of single cylinder, Kestrel engine, and general research items.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 30\3\  Scan036
Date  17th December 1934 guessed
  
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ITEM. DESIGN POSITION.

SINGLE CYLINDER AND GENERAL RESEARCH.

Modifications to existing bearing testing rig. In hand.

Investigation of possibilities of new bearing test-
-ing rig. In hand.

Stressing of the aero universal single cylinder
unit. Completed.

Pot for testing "Merlin II" type cylinder bottom
joint gland. In hand.

12 Cyl. 2 stroke sleeve valve engine - Theoretical
investigation of gas flow. In hand.


KESTREL ENGINE.

RR. Variable pitch airscrew hub. In hand.

Mod. to two speed supercharger. Completed.

Mod. to oil pump driving gear for simplified
manufacture. Completed.

Automatic mixture control - mod. to throttle
lever. Completed.

Modified control fork sleeve - 2 speed
supercharger. Completed.

Controls for two speed supercharger. Completed.
  
  


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