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Instructions for rebuilding a Vulture Gearbox with new gears, synchromesh core, and cam.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\3\  scan0191
Date  20th July 1934
  
Y4704
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 11/KW.20.7.34.

Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) Gearbox.

When rebuilding this box with the new 25º obliquity gears will you please refit a 10º 2nd speed synchromesh core in conjunction with a 55º cam. These were removed from the box when last dismantled.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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