Status report on modifications for Kestrel, P.V.XII, Buzzard, and Spectre aero engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan254 | |
| Date | 16th July 1934 guessed | |
| (7) ITEM DESCRIPTION. ----------------------------------------------------- KESTREL(Aero Engine) ENGINE - CONTINUED:- --------------------------- Strengthened bottom half crankcase. Completed. Modified caps for forked connecting rods. Completed. Single piece cylinder block with extra joint studs. Completed. Oil pipe to supercharger - Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 2 speed supercharger applied to Kestrel(Aero Engine). Completed. Revised gas starter distributor and drive. Completed. Fuel pump relief valve - twin. Completed. Modification to forked connecting rod - lightened rod. Completed. Redesigned automatic mixture control.(Kestrel(Aero Engine) VI) In hand. P.V.XII ENGINE. --------------- Shape of crankcase sections for installation. Completed. BUZZARD(Aero Engine) ENGINE. -------------- Fuel pump relief valve - twin. Completed. SPECTRE(Codename for Phantom III) (AERO ENGINE) --------------------- Installation Drawing. In hand. | ||
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).