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Copy of a letter from Hans Detlof von Winterfeldt detailing engine design, accessibility, and fuel consumption issues.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 22\5\  Scan005
Date  30th August 1930 guessed
  
Copy - 2 - Letter from Hans Detlof von Winterfeldt.

Layout of the engine is fairly neat but very inaccessible; for xx instance to remover the steering column it is necessary to remove a complete cylinder block. The capacity of the autovac tank is extremely small carrying only 3 litres benzine to supply the 2 carburetters."

I hope these informations will be sufficient for you.
I have heard people complaining about the exceedingly heavy petrol consumption of the 12-Cylinder model.

Yours sincerely,

(Sgd) von Winterfeldt.
  
  
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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