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).
Testing new piston-type hydraulic shock absorbers and issues with trapped air when filling them with oil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\2\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1926 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} +8520 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG2. 2. 26. RR. HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS. x235 PISTON TYPE. The first set of these shock absorbers are completed and should be on test in a day or so. We are having a certain amount of difficulty in getting rid of the air when filling the shock absorbers with oil. It can be got rid of by taking special precautions, but at present we do not know exactly where the air gets trapped. The tests with the shock absorbers will proceed at once. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||