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).
Confirming a verbal request to revert to the original governor advance settings for the production Wraith III units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\2\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 7th April 1938 | |
| γ 6000. To By/RD. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.4.38. WRAITH III IGNITION GOVERNOR. This memo to confirm our verbal request that we revert to the original range of governor advance, i.e. 15° on distributor, 30° on flywheel for the production Wraith units. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||