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).
Erratic behavior of the battery ignition contact breaker lever at high speeds and requesting an experimental thinner version.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\1\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 26th June 1931 | |
| X6118. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/HEW. C.E. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/HEW2/AD26.6.31. BATTERY IGNITION CONTACT BREAKER LEVER. Some time ago the question of making the battery ignition contact breaker lever pressing of a thinner gauge than standard was discussed. During the running of experimental engines on the test bed at high speeds, we have a suspicion that the contact breaker is behaving erratically causing a drop in power at high speeds. This may be due to the inertia of the lever and we should like to have for experiment as soon as possible a lever made in the thinner gauge material. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/HEW. | ||