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).
Modification to an expansion box for an exhaust system following a failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 26th April 1935 | |
| X2-3 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}3/KW. 26.4.35. 5-B-IV Exhaust System. We hand you herewith Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1928, a modification to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1585 expansion box, showing an improved method of retaining the cone and inner pipe in position. The expansion box which was fitted to 5-B-IV has blown to pieces in Fran ce, and we should like this new one making as soon as possible so that we can send same out to G.W.Hancock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.H. Whyman. | ||