Flexo Mono carburetters being ready for road use on a 16-G-IV model, with an attached power curve from testing on a Japan I unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179\2\ img057 | |
| Date | 14th December 1931 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Mor. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL x5080. x5771. TO FLEXO.MONO.CARBURETTERS TO Lst.2224 We have now got these carburetters to a condition where they are ready for the road. We propose to fit them to 16-G-IV as soon as it is available. We attach a power curve showing the best results we have obtained with them on a Japan(Experimental Engine) I unit. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 58 | ||
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).