rolls royce started making aero- engines in 1914.
rolls royce started making aero- engines in 1914.
when did rolls royce start making aero- engines?
1914
in 1907, charles rolls, whose interests had turned increasingly to flying, tried unsuccessfully to persuade royce and the other directors to design an aero engine. when world war i broke out in august 1914, rolls-royce (and many others) were taken by surprise. as a manufacturer of luxury cars, rolls-royce was immediately vulnerable, and claude johnson thought the bank would withdraw its overdraft facility on which rolls-royce depended at that time. nevertheless, believing that war was likely to be short-lived the directors initially decided not to seek government work making aero engines. however, this position was quickly reversed and rolls-royce was persuaded by the war office to manufacture fifty air-cooled v8 engines under licence from renault. meanwhile, the royal aircraft factory asked rolls-royce to design a new engine. despite initial reluctance, they agreed, and during 1915, developed rolls-royce's first aero engine, the twelve-cylinder eagle. this was quickly followed by the smaller six-cylinder hawk, the falcon and, just before the end of the war, the larger condor.
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bullet::::- science museum (london)









































bullet::::- shuttleworth collection









































section::::chronological list.









































bullet::::- rolls-royce eagle (v-12)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce hawk









































bullet::::- rolls-royce falcon









































bullet::::- rolls-royce condor









































bullet::::- rolls-royce eagle xvi (x-16)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce kestrel









































bullet::::- rolls-royce buzzard









































bullet::::- rolls-royce goshawk









































bullet::::- rolls-royce r









































bullet::::- rolls-royce peregrine









































bullet::::- rolls-royce merlin









































bullet::::- rolls-royce exe









































bullet::::- rolls-royce vulture









































bullet::::- rolls-royce crecy









































bullet::::- rolls-royce griffon









































bullet::::- rolls royce eagle (h-24)









































bullet::::- rolls-royce pennine









































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section::::references.:bibliography.









































bullet::::- gunston, bill. "world encyclopedia of aero engines". cambridge, england. patrick stephens limited, 1989.
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