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The scrapping of 20/25 pistons and a suggestion to await results from a 10,000-mile test run.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 105\2\  scan0224
Date  21th November 1934
  
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To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/KW.21.11.34.

Referring to By15/J.19.11.34, we do not
think it necessary to scrap any of the existing
20/25 pistons, either unmachined castings or in
process of manufacture.

We would suggest, however, that no more
castings are made until the completion of our
10,000 miles run on 21-G-IV, when we shall be in a
position to say whether the long skirt piston appears
to be an advantage over the present 20/25 size.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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