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).
Specification revision for a Kestrel 6-Cylinder Unit detailing changes to the Magneto Driving Gear after test bed work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\4\ Scan115 | |
| Date | 27th January 1933 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} c. Helying. c. ... D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} ) c. Rey/Ten. r4659. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC {W. S. Cassel} 1/LS.27.1.33. KESTREL 6-CYLINDER UNIT. Specification of the above Unit issued in RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC {W. S. Cassel} 3/LS.26.1.33. is revised as follows:- WORK CARRIED OUT ON TEST BED Previous Specification. Wheelcase & Gears LOP. E.32298. 1-E.31691 Magneto Driving Gear - BZ/PC - removed. Wheelcase & Gears LOP. E.32298. 1-E.31691 Magneto Driving Gear Produced in Die Cast Grey Iron Rod - removed. AFTER FAILURE Revised Specification. Wheelcase & Gears LOP. E.32298. 1-E.31691 Magneto Driving Gear produced in Die Cast Grey Iron Rod - fitted 19.1.33. Wheelcase & Gears LOP. E.32298. 1-E.31691 Magneto Driving Gear - BZ/PC - re-fitted 21.1.33. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} RECEIVED JUN 27 1933 | ||