Carburettor performance during severe braking, noting no petrol comes from the float chamber vent pipe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0287 | |
| Date | 11th June 1936 | |
| E D [struck through] SWDC [struck through] X500a HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX(French test region). Indre. France. GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /IMW {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} /4/JAB. 11th June 1936. To. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 22. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} V. {VIENNA} We have watched the carburetter of this car during severe braking, and find that no petrol comes from the float chamber vent pipe, as is the case with 32. EX. ---------- GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan Waller. | ||
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).