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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).
Recommendation to adopt a .010' diametral clearance on all servo driving pins following a 10,000-mile test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 16\3\  Scan110
Date  25th January 1933
  
87370.

BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/KT.25.1.33. x5370. x4027.

SERVO DRIVING PINS.

We proved out on the last 10,000 miles on Peregrine that there was no detriment in having .010" diametral clearance on the servo driving pins. The advantage of this is that it reduces the tendency for these pins to bind. We recommend that it should be adopted on all servos..

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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