Experimental 'Peregrine Floating Power' engine suspension rig-up.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page270 | |
| Date | 19th May 1933 | |
| X100 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} c. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} 13/HP.19.5.33. re Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) Floating Power. We send you herewith: LeC.3469 showing the complete suspension of the engine. This scheme is an experimental rig-up, and would need considerable modification to make it suitable for production cars. We have everywhere tried to use simple pieces which can be made up, to get the experiment in hand. LeC.3473 deals with the necessary modifications to the fan and drive. In regard to the tail holding, on the gearbox, this is unaltered. We anticipate that the exhaust system will have to be very flexibly suspended, and we think the suspension of the expansion boxes should be similar in design to the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) arrangements - LeC.3463, 3465 and 3472. The front exhaust downtake pipe at the moment we are not issuing a drawing as we think we can better instruct this verbally at the completion of the work. Blueprints to RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Drawings to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} | ||
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).