Design modification status report for Goshawk and Kestrel engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan173 | |
| Date | 12th May 1934 | |
| - 3 - "GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))" ENGINE. DES. 2133 Oil Pipe for Steam Separator Drive ......... Recd. 20.2.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 27.3.34. DES. 2142 Modified Oil Relief Valve ............ Recd. 9.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 21.4.34. DES. 2147 Modified Water Inlet Conn: ............ Recd. 12.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 21.3.34. DES. 2151 Modification to Rear Half Red'n. Gear Casing to take air vent boss. (Westland)........ Recd. 14.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 9.4.34. DES. 2134 2-Speed Supercharger .................. Recd. 23.3.34. Detail drawings are in hand. DES. 2123 Automatic Mixture Control ............ Recd. 14.3.34. We understand this scheme is being superseded. DES. 2164 Gland, Steam Separator ................ Recd. 26.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 5.4.34. DES. 2166 Piston (6:1 Comp. Ratio) with two Scraper Rings. Recd. 29.3.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 23.4.34. DES. 2168 Hand Starter Striking Mechanism - 2 Speed Supercharger. Detail drawings are in hand. ............ Recd. 14.4.34. DES. 2177 Modfn. to Twin Petrol Pump ............ Recd. 17.4.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 23.4.34. DES. 2187 Modfn. to Coupling Drive Shaft (Westland). Detail drawings completed and issued ......... Recd. 2.5.34. 11.5.34. "KESTREL(Aero Engine)" and "GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))" ENGINES. DES. 2186 Additional Oil Release Holes in Spring Drive. Recd. 1.5.34. Detail drawings completed and issued ......... 10.5.34. | ||
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).