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).
Request to mill a groove in the outer pressure plate of the servo for the 24-EX model.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\3\ Scan091 | |
Date | 17th December 1930 | |
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/IAL. x7370 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/IAL.1/MJ.17.12.30. Please mill a groove .100" wide and .015" deep in the .625" internal dia. of the outer pressure plate of the servo on 24-EX. There is a similar groove on the 20/25 HP. which can be seen on G.54242. This is to allow a slight leakage of oil to get (a) on the fabric (b) on the three driving dowel pins. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/I.A.Leslie. | ||