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).
The distributor tower's positional variation, fitting requirements, and a request for drive modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\4\ scan0250 | |
| Date | 17th February 1936 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}7/KW.17.2.36. The maximum variation of the position of the distributor tower on any number of engines would be approximately 12°. When fitting this tower it is absolutely necessary that the serrations in the drive pieces are not a tight fit together. It is advisable to have them a rather slack fit in order to allow for slight misalignment of the drive and to prevent movement of the distributor tower. Will you please detail the necessary modifications to the drive. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/R.Matthews. | ||