Proposed modification to the 'Stork' exhaust system to accommodate front wheel brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 183\M22\ img207 | |
| Date | 30th September 1922 | |
| STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes). To EY. from Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 2/M30.9.22. "STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes)" EXHAUST SYSTEM X.3859. We send herewith N.sch.1331 shewing the proposed exhaust system for the Stork(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes), called for by the fitting of front wheel brakes. It is proposed to dispense with the forward exhaust box, and join the pipes from the upper expansion boxes by a trouser piece with a type of injector action, this trouser piece being constructed of sheet metal welded up. It is intended to fit a cutout of the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) ll type and details of the valve are shewn, but the control gear will follow. The upper expansion boxes are unaltered and it is not intended that anything on this arrangement should interfere with the exhaust heated throttle. It will of course be noticed that the rear silencer is modified to a considerable extent. We should be much obliged if you would take what prints you want, and return us the original, together with a print, as soon as possible. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||
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).