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).
Engine smoothness, the petrol tank, and exhaust system failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\4\ scan0031 | |
| Date | 13th May 1935 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.13.5.35. (4) Engine Smoothness. As we stiffen the crankshaft we are definitely finding that we need a larger crankshaft damper. We think we need about 50% more inertia, and the radius of the fabrics extending to keep their unit loading as at present with a 50% increase in damping. We think that this is a job which ought to receive attention, as we are going to live with the Bentley engine for a long time yet. (5) The petrol tank with the lighter gauge seems to be standing up. [handwritten] lighter (6) The, exhaust system has failed owing to the downtake pipe being lagged and being in mild steel. We are sending out a Staybrite pipe. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||