Ignition systems, back-firing issues, and proposed improvements in collaboration with the Air Board.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\1\ scan 034 | |
| Date | 30th May 1918 | |
| To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} -2- R18/G30.5.18. Contd. All these points were carried out in the R.R. car battery ignition, except that a trembler coil was used, which will not be necessary in all cases where an electric starter is used. It was, however, in the old days a decided advantage to have the trembler fitted, as the engine could then always be started on the switch. The fitting and sending on 7-CA A Remy ignition was well worth while as it led to our finding the risk and cure of back-firing on this type of ignition. I think the work you are doing on this ignition to be of the most value to the company, providing we can get the apparatus made which we are producing. I have written a long letter to Mr. Johnson for xxx use in connection with the Air Board in pointing out your good work in this direction. I shall be pleased if you will arrange neatly in a little light convenient packing case, a set of the ignition already made by us, but with the catches holding the parts together rather freer, and better to handle than the set sent to us, and a set of Remy for comparison, with a description of the points that we have endeavoured to improve, one of the points, being suggested to us by the Magneto Dept: of the Air Board, that is, the adjustable points that could be seen and adjusted for gap and cleanliness. R. {Sir Henry Royce} Some time ago. This is the reason for much complication in our 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).