Failure of an inlet valve rocker from a B.23 O.H.C. unit after extensive testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0202 | |
| Date | 8th October 1937 | |
| To [s]By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [/s] from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH {R. Hollingworth} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. [s]Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gwdl.[/s] c. [s]HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [/s] 1004 HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} 1/EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 8.10.37. B.23 O.H.C. UNIT. FAILURE OF VALVE ROCKER. [Signature] Herewith photograph of No.2 Inlet Valve Rocker RS. {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} 122 to LeC.4858 in S/ZN, which failed after a total running time of 176 hours including 25¾ hours at full throttle and 4275 road miles in Bentley 56-BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} | ||
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).