Delay with the supercharger for the Eagle XVI engine due to gear grinding problems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan002 | |
| Date | 28th January 1926 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X3838 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG28.1.26. EAGLE(Aero Engine) XVI. +4114 The supercharger for this engine will not be ready until early next week. The Gear Grinding Co., after having had the gears for a considerable time, say they cannot make any promise for grinding the gears. Other gears are being produced which will be fitted without being ground. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).