Requesting an investigation into the failure of a Phantom III fan spider.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\5\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 13th May 1939 | |
| 324. To H1/EJW. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} 1/JH.13.5.39. P.III FAN SPIDER. We hand you herewith one fan spider in S/M. which failed after approximately 20 hours running at 4,300 - 4,500 r.p.m. on a test rig. Will you please investigate this failure and let us have a report on same. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} | ||
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).