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Blueprint diagram illustrating a crack in a B4 unit's left-hand crankcase after extensive testing in France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\2\  scan0043
Date  21th May 1937
  
B4 UNIT.
ExI 154
CRANKCASE LH. {Mr Haworth} EB185'S
SMALL CRACK JUST BEGINNING.
A LARGER CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SAME PLACE WHEN C17 UNIT WAS INSPECTED AFTER TESTS IN FRANCE (SEE ExI 156)
CRACKED CRANKCASE (LH {Mr Haworth} )
AFTER 16,000 MILES IN FRANCE
ExI 154
ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.
PRINT ROOM,
21 MAY 1937
DERBY
CAW
29-5-37
  
  
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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