Meeting minutes detailing design decisions and amendments for various components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\3\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 31th March 1941 | |
| -3- HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /CEP.3/EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 31.3.41. Item No.13 - RE.1716/17/18/19 Oil Sump. It was agreed to fabricate the first sump from S/DS. The problem of producing from the die casting is to receive further consideration. Item No.14 - RE.1753/4/5 - Dipstick. This is to be redesigned to make more accessible. Item No.15 - RE.1793/4 Distributor Drive Shaft. It was decided to produce in accordance with RE.1794, i.e one piece construction, bar up-set at one end, shaft diameter increased from .350" to .400" diameter. Item No.16 - RE.1796 Distributor Drive Bracket. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} agreed to accept the existing design. Item No.17 - RE.1797 Distributor Drive Bracket Dowel. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} agreed to accept the existing design. Item No.18 - RE.1804 Thrust Button. Jnr {Charles L. Jenner} 's amendment to drive in the bush without swaging operation is accepted. Item No.19 - RE.1875 Exhaust Valve Guide. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} agreed to .0005" limit on the exhaust valve guide only. Item No.20 - RE.1924 Rocker Cover, RE.1930 Adaptor. Jnr. {Charles L. Jenner} has agreed to delete brazing the adaptor in the cover and substitute sweating. Item No.21 - RE.1675 Crankshaft Pinion. Detail drawing to be amended deleting two diametrically opposed keyways and reverting to one keyway increased in size. continued | ||
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).