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).
Requesting the rig testing of new B.III front damper valves for the Wraith model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\8\ 08-page51 | |
| Date | 11th August 1938 | |
| 642 HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/W. Bell from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}2/R.11.8.38. WRAITH FRONT DAMPERS. The necessary parts for fitting B.III front damper valves - SCD.429 - to Wraith front dampers are now finished and in the Stores. Will you please run these on the rig and set them to the standard Wraith loads and leakage. The part numbers are Ex.S.827/8/9. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||