Requesting the endurance testing of a modified oil feed to the hydraulic tappet mechanism for the Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\2\ scan0103 | |
| Date | 30th January 1936 | |
| GRY {Shadwell Grylls} see me x 354 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 1/HP.30.1.36. re Modified Oil Feed to Hydraulic Tappet Mechanism - Phantom III It was agreed at the last conference between Experimental and Design Department that Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} should be asked to examine the scheme of improved oil supply to the hydraulic tappet mechanism (Lec.4900) whilst running endurance on a test bed, with the object of ascertaining whether it overcomes the complaints registered during the last 10,000 miles test. Will you please arrange this. E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} | ||
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).