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New drawings and required standard parts for the Wraith shock dampers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 9\7\  07-page174
Date  27th June 1938
  
HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}
bfr 650
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 6/G.27.6.38.

WRAITH.
SHOCK DAMPERS. SECTION 7160.

Please receive herewith two blueprints of the following new drawings :-

Ex.S.827 Joint 2 off.
Ex.S.828 End Piece - Valve Block. 2 ""
Ex.S.829 Valve Block. 2 off.

The following standard parts will also be required.-

GW.1552 Spring 4 off.
K.2807 Countersunk Screw. 8 off.
.250 Dia. Steel Ball 4 off.

These pieces are in accordance with memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 8/R. 3.6.38. and are to be used with the standard Wraith. Damper casing and the Bentley valve as shown on S.CD.429 issued under our memo BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 11/G.18.2.38.

Kindly instruct one set.

Ald {F. Allwood - Experimental Design}
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental 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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