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 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. Vulture 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 - Kestrel size penthouse cylinder head and valve gear. Completed 13.2.36. -do- -do- Kestrel size cylinder block for penthouse head. In hand. Investigation of open type ramp head for Vulture. Completed. Mods. to ballast resistance on aero engine coil and distributor ignition unit. Completed 12.3.36. | ||