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Fortnightly progress report on experimental design and production work.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 76\2\  scan0232
Date  15th November 1929
  
PROGRESS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK.
Fortnight ending 15.11.29.
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DESIGNS FROM N.W.
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DESIGN WORK D.M. A. {Mr Adams} DERBY.

Hand starting gear A.C.
Starting handle. .
Oil separator on Tyre Pump. .
Towing hooks. .
Spare wheel carriers. .
R.R. Tyre pump control. .
Modification to crankpin lubrication.
Outline arrangement gearbox Undersheets S/19.
R.R. Experimental dynamo from starter motor parts.
Exhaust heater for 21UX. and 38UX.
Gauge lamp.
Steering box shaft.
Number plate on petrol tank.

Modification to brake gear. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))
Bonnet and dashboard. .
Petrol tank. .
Controls. .

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EXPERIMENTAL PARTS ISSUED BY PRODUCTION D.D.
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Free wheel arrangement. Secon motion shaft in
Gearbox Scheme N.518. Part details. 40/50.
Spare wheel carrier - 8EX. .
Clutch mechanism - S/19 gearbox. Completed. N.S.A. .
Spare wheel carrier - 42X.Scheme N.641. .
Arrangement of instruments on board. 8EX. . .
Carburetter float chamber with petrol . . .
filter - Scheme N.504. . .
R.R. Tyre pump. .
Separator. .
Rear axle - Schemes N.543/111S part details. Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))
Oil filter and breather for c'case. Completed. .
Idler gear. Buzzard(Aero Engine)

(Contd).
  
  
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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