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).
Wear issues and potential design improvements for the oil relay advance mechanism and magneto controls.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\M\2Jan1925-March1925\ Scan44 | |
| Date | 23th January 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}✓ c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}✓ Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}✓ ORIGINAL SECRET. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG23.1.25. EAC. 'V' SERIES. OIL RELAY ADVANCE. X8685 When the car is on the road, the oil relay advance is working the whole time. We suggest therefore that wear may quickly take place on the joints of the controls. It requires a fair load to operate the magneto contact breaker because in order to damp down the oscillations caused by the effect of the armature on the sleeve, friction is added in the magneto itself. The joints, if kept well lubricated, will collect the dirt and dust under the bonnet. We suggest, some of the joints should be made larger. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||