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).
Two methods for the automatic starting system on an 8-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\1\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 30th August 1939 | |
| 1036 To: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Jnr{Charles L. Jenner} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/McS. BY6/MG.30.8.39 AUTOMATIC STARTING - 8 CYLINDER ENGINE Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}23.8.39 If a decision had to be made quickly as to which of the two methods should be used on Production, I prefer the external face Idling System described in heading "A". As, however, a decision has not yet to be taken, we should fit the various external cars with the scheme under heading "B", with the object of clearing up finally whether we can eliminate sticking of the choke butterfly. Provided this could be done, this system would have a slight advantage. I see no real objection to the external face Idling System in practice, as the customer would follow the instructions which were given him in the Instruction Book or by the Demonstrator. The fact that the engine idles at a steady, somewhat fast speed is not in itself a real disability. Few engines are left standing for any length of time after they have been started. Too often the position is that the engine is started and immediately taken on the road. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||