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Modifications needed to adapt a gearbox for the Vulture and J.3 projects.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\4\  scan0208
Date  10th November 1933
  
Handwritten: Gry {Shadwell Grylls} = By is on with fitting this gearbox to Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) Please follow up and report progress. Pls Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

To-BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HBY. X8310.

J.3. with Separate gearbox.

Herewith is N. Sch. 3873 referred to in Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} l/HP. 9.11.33, as indicating the slight modifications needed to N. Sch. 3869 to adapt it to J.3.

As mentioned in the above memo we think this should supersede N. Sch. 3817.

Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  
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).


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