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Specification and test report for the Peregrine II, No. 2 Unit, detailing modifications to the crankcase and bearings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 169\4\  img123
Date  25th May 1933
  
To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
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RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 5/AP.25.5.33.

PeregrineExperimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine 11, No.2. Unit.

Specification of the above Unit issued in RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC {W. S. Cassel} 4/LS.21.3.33. is revised as follows.
Engine dismantled for inspection of FR. Lead Bronze Bearings after running for 3 hours at 4,500 R.P.M.

Passed to Test. 27.3.33.

Crankcase & Bearings AOP.E.100293-LeC.3320-22 & 3350.

Existing crankcase modified by drilling cross-passage holes to Drg.E.100586. Improved breather position to LeC.3350. E.100123 Plain Bushes fitted.

RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel}
  
  
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).


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