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Specification revision for the Peregrine No. 5 Unit, detailing changes to the camshaft timing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 169\4\  img173
Date  25th May 1933
  
To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 3/AP.25.5.33.

PeregrineExperimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine No. 5. Unit.
Specification of the above Unit is revised as follows:-

Passed to Test. 24.5.33.

Camshaft LOP. E.100112.

Existing Camshaft Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 970-1109-timing reset.
1 tooth early - .020 Tappet Clearance.
In accordance with Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 3/KT.15.5.33.

RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
  
  
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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