Status report on various single-cylinder and general research engine projects.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\4\ scan0038 | |
| Date | 9th March 1936 guessed | |
| ITEM. (5) DESIGN POSITION. SINGLE CYLINDER AND GENERAL RESEARCH. VultureExperimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine 4 Star Unit - 1/2 scale arrangement. In hand. " 4 " " - piston arrangement. In hand. " 4 " " - epicyclic drive for battery ignition dynamo. Completed 5.3.36. " 4 " " - modifications to Delco Remy contact breakers. " 11.3.36. Car Universal Overhead camshaft unit - 3 valve cylinder head, Inlet side plug. In hand. -do- -do- -do- 3 valve cylinder head, exhaust side plug. In hand. -do- -do- connecting rod. In hand. Aero Universal single cylinder unit - KestrelAero Engine size penthouse cylinder head and valve gear. Completed 13.2.36. -do- -do- KestrelAero Engine size cylinder block for penthouse head. In hand. Investigation of open type ramp head for VultureExperimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine. Completed. Mods. to ballast resistance on aero engine coil and distributor ignition unit. Completed 12.3.36. | ||
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).