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Tests conducted on a W.W.111. type servo.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\Jan1924-March1924\  Scan132
Date  26th March 1924
  
R.R. 493 (40 H) (SL 42 12-7-23). J.H., D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
ORIGINAL
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.
COPIES TO: R.CJ. BJ. WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} PN. {Mr Northey} OY.
Expl. No. X9910 9940
REF. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG26.3.24.
OBJECT OF TEST.
Tests on W.W.111. type servo.
TESTER.
A. {Mr Adams} C. Lovesey.
R. {Sir Henry Royce} Bolton.
CONDITIONS.
Completed gearbox and servo mounted on test bench.
SUMMARY OF TEST.
These tests confirm the results obtained on the road that the output of the servo is not suff-icient.
Tests will be made with difference angles of thread.
It would appear that there is an ample margin for keeping cool.
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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