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Noise issues, specifically engine mounting and booming, and plans for further testing of car 21-EX in France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 11\2\  02-page141
Date  20th February 1929 guessed
  
contd :- -2-

when running at all speeds including small throttle openings
which does not exist on the present Phantoms. Previously all
this noise has been attributed to exhaust noise, and we are
still not altogether certain that it may not be an exhaust
defect. On the other hand, modifications we have made to the
exhaust have not overcome it.
Generally, therefore, the position of the 'SS {S. Smith} '
is that we have two worries (1) engine mounting, (2) booming.
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} and DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} are coming to Derby today so that we
can go over these points which still require attention.
We shall arrange that 21-EX car leaves for France
sometime next week in the best condition we can make it.
Any further modifications can then be discussed at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence).


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).


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