Solutions for drawing fuel from the reserve, suggesting a larger diaphragm or priming the pipe line.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\5\ Scan118 | |
| Date | 20th May 1932 | |
| -2- Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/KT.20.5.32. cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} If exception is taken to running the engine for so long on the starter motor to draw fuel from the reserve, a possible solution would be a slightly larger diaphragm which would permit of a somewhat longer stroke. Alternatively some means of priming the pipe line when the reserve tap is operated. 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).